A Select collection of English plays. [electronic resource] : from the best authors.

Gustavus Vasa.
Phædra and Hippolitus.
Ambitious step-mother.
Beggar's opera.
Earl of Essex.
Gentle shepherd.
Guardian.
Spanish fryar.
Way to keep him.

Edinburgh : sold by A. Donaldson at Pope's Head opposite the Exchange, MDCCLX. [1760] MDCCLXI. [1761]

Great Britain -- Scotland -- Edinburgh.

English

2v. ; 12⁰.

Each volume has an additional titlepage, engraved, dated 1760.
The plays have separate titlepages, pagination and register and were also issued separately.
Volume I contains: 'The Spanish fryar' by Dryden, 'The Earl of Essex', by Henry Brooke, 'Gustavus Vasa' by Henry Brooke, 'Phædra and Hippolitus' by Edmund Smith, and 'The ambitious stepmother' by Nicholas Rowe; Vol. II. contains: 'The Beggar's Opera' and 'Polly' by Gay, 'The way to keep him', 'The guardian', 'The gentle shepherd' by Allan Ramsay.
Reproduction of original from British Library.

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English Short Title Catalog, T216862.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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