AN APOLOGY FOR THE LIFE OF COLLEY CIBBER, COMEDIAN, AND LATE PATENTEE OF THE THEATRE-ROYAL. WITH AN HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE STAGE DURING HIS OWN TIME

by Colley Cibber

$150 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

London: Printed by John Watts for the Author, 1740 . 198 x 120 mm. 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 . 12 p.l., 488 pp. Second Edition. Contemporary smooth calf, spine with raised bands and gilt-ruled compartments, crimson morocco label with gilt title, the covers double-ruled in gilt, rebacked retaining much of original backstrip, corners restored. Decorative head- and tailpieces, woodcut initials,

• Binding: Leather

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