FIRST AMERICAN PLAY-BILL known to be in existence announcing a Performance of The Orphan at the Theatre in Nassau Street, New York on Monday evening, March 26th, 1750 given to the Harvard College Library by the Late Evert Jansen Wendell, The. by Winship, George Parker 1871-1952

Boston: Club of Odd Volumes, Feb. 18, 1920. Illustrated by Broadside reproduction of playbill with tissue guard. Limited thus edition. Folded folio sheets with oval Italia watermark (bull) in blue printed folder with oval Roma watermark (tiger). Folio (39x29cm). pp. 4, plate leave. Very Good. Joint and short tears to folder. Included is reproduction of New York Gazette and Weekly Post Boy of 2 April 1750 with a Nota Bene: "Neither of the dates on the first page of this folder is correct. Shaw's talk was postponed from February until May; and the performance of Thomas Otway's "The Orphan" announced on the playbill was probably that given on April 2 instead of March 26, 1750"...the playbill was saved by someone who pasted it on the wooden back of an old mirror, with a later owner preserving it with a layer of varnish! Scan bed smaller than leave. Scarce complete copy as issued in folder with tissue guard..