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    By Colley Cibber
    London   John Watts
    8.5" by 5.5" [26], 2-488pp
    The second edition of Colley Cibber's fascinating autobiographical account of the 'rise and progress of the English stage' from the late seventeenth to early eighteenth century.
    By Colley Cibber

    1740 An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian

    London   John Watts
    8.5" by 5.5" [26], 2-488pp
    The second edition of Colley Cibber's fascinating autobiographical account of the 'rise and progress of the English stage' from the late seventeenth to early eighteenth century.
    £250.00
    : 1kgs / : 905F32
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    Description

    Early Edition, Leather Binding, Signed Binding

    The second edition of this work, published in the same year as the first.

    The autobiography of English actor, playwright and Poet Laureate Colley Cibber.

    This colourful memoir is the work Cibber is best remembered for, notable for its conversational, rambling and anecdotal tone, and deliberate narrative inaccuracies. The text focuses on Cibber's life as a young actor in Drury Lane in the 1690s, and discusses the actors and managers he associated with.

    ESTC T89986

    Lacking the portrait frontispiece.

    In a signed half morocco binding by Fleming of Glasgow.

    Condition

    In a signed half morocco binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Light rubbing to back strip head and raised bands, and to board perimeters. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned due to paper type, with handling marks throughout, and the odd spot. Ink notation to final leaf. Lacking the portrait frontispiece.

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