Memoirs of the life of David Garrick, Esq. . interspersed with characters and anecdotes of his theatrical contemporaries, the whole forming a history of the stage, which includes a period of thirty-six years by Thomas Davies.
Thomas Davies (c.1712 - 1785)
Category
Books
Date
1780
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3128221.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.2. . 8vo.. Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signed 'P. Mazell': 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7705 1st state- bold text) [Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full spinkled leather binding; five raised bands; spine gilt ruled and spine label gilt lettered: "Life of Garrick".
Makers and roles
Thomas Davies (c.1712 - 1785), author