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Additional authors

1. Lowe, Robert William, 1853-1902.
2. Wright, James, 1643-1713.
3. Aston, Tony, approximately 1682-approximately 1753.
4. Parkes, Robert Bowyer, engraver.
5. Lalauze, Adolphe, 1838-1906.

Description

1. 2 v. illus.,ports.; 28 cm.

Alternative title

1. Mr. Colley Cibber.
2. Mister Colley Cibber.

Subject

1. Theatrical managers > Great Britain > Biography
2. Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757 > Biography
3. Dramatists, English > 18th century > Biography
4. Theater > Great Britain > History > 18th century
5. Actors > Great Britain > Biography
6. Actors > Great Britain > Portraits

Call number

1. MWES (Cibber, C.) [RBS] 97-410

Note

1. With reprints of two rare tracts: Wright's "Historia histrionica, 1669" (v.1, p. [xix]-li) and Aston's "A brief supplement to Colley Cibber ... Lives of the late famous actors and actresses" (v.2, p. [297]-318).
2. "Memoirs of the actors and actresses mentioned by Cibber, taken from Edmund Bellchamber's edition of the "Apology", 1822 [perhaps by J.H.Burns]": v.2, p. [319]-371.
3. With reproductions of original title pages.
4. "305 copies printed... The portraits are in duplicate, one on Japanese paper in brown ink before letters, the other on plate paper as India proofs after letters. Each copy is numbered, and the type distributed." Vol.1 is copy no.270; vol.2 no.269.
5. Printed by C. Whittingham at the Chiswick Press.
6. Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

1. Bibliography: v.2, p.286-296.

Author

1. Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.

Title

1. An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber written by himself.

Imprint

1. London, J.C.Nimmo, 1889.

Edition

1. A new ed. with notes and supplement by Robert W. Lowe; with twenty-six original mezzotint portraits by R.B. Parkes, and eighteen etchings by Adolphe Lalauze.

Bibliography

1. Bibliography: v.2, p.286-296.

Local note

1. Library's vol. 1 is copy no. 69; library's vol. 2 is copy no 69.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material
2. Full text available via HathiTrust - v.1
3. Full text available via HathiTrust - v.1
4. Full text available via HathiTrust - v.2
5. Full text available via HathiTrust - vol. 1
6. Full text available via HathiTrust - vol. 2

Added author

1. Lowe, Robert William, 1853-1902.
2. Wright, James, 1643-1713.
3. Aston, Tony, approximately 1682-approximately 1753.
4. Parkes, Robert Bowyer, engraver.
5. Lalauze, Adolphe, 1838-1906.

Added title

1. Mr. Colley Cibber.
2. Mister Colley Cibber.

LCCN

1. 25007679

Research call number

1. MWES (Cibber, C.) [RBS] 97-410