Le theatre anglois.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; La Place, Pierre Antoine de, 1707-1793.; Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637. Catiline his Conspiracy. French.; Fletcher, John, 1579-1625. Pucelle. French.; Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685. Venice preserv'd. French.; Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718. Fair penitent. French.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700. Aurenge-Zebe, or, The great Mogul. French.; Southerne, Thomas, 1660-1746. Fatal marriage, or The innocent adultery. French.; Congreve, William, 1670-1729. Mourning bride. French.; Congreve, William, 1670-1729. Love for love. French.; Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719. Cato. French.; Steele, Richard, Sir, 1672-1729. Funeral, or, Grief A-la-mode. French.; Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718. Tamerlane. French.; Hughes, John, 1677-1720. Siege of Damascus. French.; Young, Edward, 1683-1765. Busiris, King of Egypt. French.
1746
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Title
Le theatre anglois.
Uniform title
Plays. Selections. French. 1746
Created/published
A Londres [i.e. Paris?] : [s.n.], MDCCXLVI-MDCCXLIX [1746-1749]
Description
8 v. ; 17 cm (12mo)
Note
Translated by Pierre Antoine de la Place.
This series includes other Elizabethan plays, as well as Shakespeare's.
Possibly a false address, actually printed in Paris (see OCLC 690029359). "La Place's Shakespeare had enjoyed no official favour nor even sanction. It had had to be produced anonymously and with a putative London imprint, in order to protect a publisher who had not obtained a royal privilège" (See Pemble, John Shakespeare goes to Paris, p. 83).
Vol. title pages in red and black.
Vols. 1-4, 6 dated 1746; v. 5 dated 1747; v. 7-8 dated 1749.
Half-titles in v. 1, 7-8.
This series includes other Elizabethan plays, as well as Shakespeare's.
Possibly a false address, actually printed in Paris (see OCLC 690029359). "La Place's Shakespeare had enjoyed no official favour nor even sanction. It had had to be produced anonymously and with a putative London imprint, in order to protect a publisher who had not obtained a royal privilège" (See Pemble, John Shakespeare goes to Paris, p. 83).
Vol. title pages in red and black.
Vols. 1-4, 6 dated 1746; v. 5 dated 1747; v. 7-8 dated 1749.
Half-titles in v. 1, 7-8.
Contents
t. 1. Discours sur le théâtre anglois. Vie de Shakspeare. Othello ; Henry VI, roi d'Angleterre, [troisième partie]
t. 2. La vie et la mort de Richard III ; Hamlet ; Macbeth
t. 3. Préface du traducteur. Cymbeline ; Jules-César ; Antoine et Cléopatre. Analyses ou sommaires des tragedies ou pieces historiques de Shakespeare, non traduites
t. 4. Timon, ou Le misantrope ; Les femmes de bonne humeur, ou les commeres de Windsor ; La Pucelle, tragédie en un acte par Fletcher. Analyses ou sommaires des tragi-comédies et comédies de Shakespeare, non traduites
t. 5. Préface du traducteur. Catilina, tragédie de Ben-Johnson ; La Belle pénitente, tragédie de Rowe ; Venise sauvée, tragédie d'Otway
t. 6. Aureng-zeb, ou Le grand mogol, tragédy de M. Dryden ; L'Épouse en deuil, tragédie de M. Congréve ; Tamerlan, tragédie de M. Rowe
t. 7. Le Siege de Damas, tragédie de M. Hughes ; Busiris, roi d'Egypte, tragédie de M. Young ; Amour pour amour, comédie de M. Congreve
t. 8. L'Adultere innocent, comi-tragedie de M. Southerne ; Caton, tragedie de M. Addison ; Les Funerailles, ou Le deuil a la mode, comedie de M. Steele.
t. 2. La vie et la mort de Richard III ; Hamlet ; Macbeth
t. 3. Préface du traducteur. Cymbeline ; Jules-César ; Antoine et Cléopatre. Analyses ou sommaires des tragedies ou pieces historiques de Shakespeare, non traduites
t. 4. Timon, ou Le misantrope ; Les femmes de bonne humeur, ou les commeres de Windsor ; La Pucelle, tragédie en un acte par Fletcher. Analyses ou sommaires des tragi-comédies et comédies de Shakespeare, non traduites
t. 5. Préface du traducteur. Catilina, tragédie de Ben-Johnson ; La Belle pénitente, tragédie de Rowe ; Venise sauvée, tragédie d'Otway
t. 6. Aureng-zeb, ou Le grand mogol, tragédy de M. Dryden ; L'Épouse en deuil, tragédie de M. Congréve ; Tamerlan, tragédie de M. Rowe
t. 7. Le Siege de Damas, tragédie de M. Hughes ; Busiris, roi d'Egypte, tragédie de M. Young ; Amour pour amour, comédie de M. Congreve
t. 8. L'Adultere innocent, comi-tragedie de M. Southerne ; Caton, tragedie de M. Addison ; Les Funerailles, ou Le deuil a la mode, comedie de M. Steele.
Includes
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637. Catiline his Conspiracy. French.
Fletcher, John, 1579-1625. Pucelle. French.
Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685. Venice preserv'd. French.
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718. Fair penitent. French.
Dryden, John, 1631-1700. Aurenge-Zebe, or, The great Mogul. French.
Southerne, Thomas, 1660-1746. Fatal marriage, or The innocent adultery. French.
Congreve, William, 1670-1729. Mourning bride. French.
Congreve, William, 1670-1729. Love for love. French.
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719. Cato. French.
Steele, Richard, Sir, 1672-1729. Funeral, or, Grief A-la-mode. French.
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718. Tamerlane. French.
Hughes, John, 1677-1720. Siege of Damascus. French.
Young, Edward, 1683-1765. Busiris, King of Egypt. French.
Pucelle.
Catilina.
Belle pénitente.
Venise sauvée.
Aureng-zeb, ou Le grand mogol.
Épouse en deuil.
Tamerlan.
Siege de Damas.
Busiris, roi d'Egypte.
Amour pour amour.
Adultere innocent.
Caton.
Funerailles, ou Le deuil a la mode.
Fletcher, John, 1579-1625. Pucelle. French.
Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685. Venice preserv'd. French.
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718. Fair penitent. French.
Dryden, John, 1631-1700. Aurenge-Zebe, or, The great Mogul. French.
Southerne, Thomas, 1660-1746. Fatal marriage, or The innocent adultery. French.
Congreve, William, 1670-1729. Mourning bride. French.
Congreve, William, 1670-1729. Love for love. French.
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719. Cato. French.
Steele, Richard, Sir, 1672-1729. Funeral, or, Grief A-la-mode. French.
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718. Tamerlane. French.
Hughes, John, 1677-1720. Siege of Damascus. French.
Young, Edward, 1683-1765. Busiris, King of Egypt. French.
Pucelle.
Catilina.
Belle pénitente.
Venise sauvée.
Aureng-zeb, ou Le grand mogol.
Épouse en deuil.
Tamerlan.
Siege de Damas.
Busiris, roi d'Egypte.
Amour pour amour.
Adultere innocent.
Caton.
Funerailles, ou Le deuil a la mode.
Genre/form
Place of creation/publication
France -- Paris.
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Call number
PR2796 .F6 1746-1749 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Marbled leather binding with marbled endpapers and edges; spines lettered: Theat Anglois, Tom I[-VIII].
Folger accession
cs84