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. The third edition. ...
Thomas Davies (c.1712 - 1785)
Category
Books
Date
1781
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3214787
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. : port. ; 8vo. Affixed to front pastedown of vol. 2: News cutting headed 'May 8, 178' regarding death of Mrs. Yates, with ink manuscript page references. Folder sewn in at rear of vol. 2, with manuscript account of the 'Decease of Mrs. Garrick' ([4]p.) Pencil text marking. Provenance: inscribed "R.W. Ketton-Cremer Felbrigg 1955" [i.e. Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)]. Binding: eighteenth-century calf; sewn onto five raised bands; gilt fillets on spine; gilt lettered spine labels: Davies's Life of Garrick.
Makers and roles
Thomas Davies (c.1712 - 1785)