Venice Preserv'd: Edited From the Original Quarto of 1682, Without Excision, by Rowland Strong [ 1885 ] by Thomas Otway - 2009-08-10

Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour, 1755-01-01. Pamphlet. Good. 1755 'Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour' (Edinburgh, Scotland), 4 x 6 1/4 inches tall, removed from a larger collection of English plays but separately paginated, complete and tightly bound, lacking wraps or covers. Embossed stamp from the library at Wigan, Greater Manchester, England to title page and three other interior pages. 1926 presentation plate to library and stamp to verso of title page. Light stain to lower fore margin of title page and successive eight leaves. Otherwise, a very good, early imprint of an important Restoration drama. Reference: ESTC No. T121750. Scarce, with the English Short Title Catalog recording only three institutions holding a copy: the National Library of Scotland, the British Library and the Niedersachsische Staats und Universitatsbibliothek, in Gottingen, Germany. ~MMM~ Thomas Otway (1652-1685) was an English dramatist of the Restoration period, best known for this work, 'Venice… Read More

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