An account of the English dramatic poets. . Or, some observations and remarks on the lives and writings, of all those that have been publish'd either comedies, tragedies, tragi-comedies, pastorals, masques, interludes, farces, or opera's in the English tongue. By Gerard Langbaine.
Gerard Langbaine (1609-1658)
Category
Books
Date
1691
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3086275
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],556,[34]p. . 8vo.. Not indigenous. With longitudinal printer's title leaf bound at end. Provenance: Extensive manuscript ink notes on flyleaves, signed T. Wharton [Thomas Wharton]. Eighteenth- or nineteenth-century manuscript note on later flyleaf, in different hand: 'Formerly in possession of Tom Wharton whose autograph notes & signature will be found on the original fly leaves'. Loosely inserted: slip with manuscript note: 'Bought at the Maidiment sale. No. 1906. May 4th 1880 10/-.' Twentieth-century pencil note: 'William Browne Cat. # 302', with note of errata and printer's title leaves. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on flyleaves in Norris's hand: 1. 'S/R/-. 3/48. T. Wharton's copy .'. 2. H. [i.e. Hodgson's] 26/2 48. Lot 157. Đ6-5.. Binding: Nineteenth-century full calf over boards; gilt fillets and inner border; gilt spine tools; fragments of spine detached and loosely inserted inside cover; floral endpapers; gilt paper edges.
Makers and roles
Gerard Langbaine (1609-1658)