Ximena, or, The heroick daughter : a tragedy / as written by Mr. Cibber ; distinguishing also the variations of the theatre, as performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden ; regulated from the prompt-book, by permission of the managers, by Mr. Wild, prompter.
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757, author.; Wild, Mr.; Corneille, Pierre, 1606-1684. Cid.; Bell, John, 1745-1831, bookseller.; Roberts, James, 1753-approximately 1809, illustrator.; Thornthwaite, J., 1740?- printmaker.; Cairns, Catherine Ann, 1766- former owner.; Green, Stephen, active 18th-19th century, former owner.; Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913, former owner.; Covent Garden Theatre.
1777
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Title
Ximena, or, The heroick daughter : a tragedy / as written by Mr. Cibber ; distinguishing also the variations of the theatre, as performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden ; regulated from the prompt-book, by permission of the managers, by Mr. Wild, prompter.
Edition
Bell's edition.
Created/published
London : Printed for John Bell, near Exeter-Exchange, in the Strand, MDCCLXXVII [1777]
Description
79, [5] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 18 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757, author.
Wild, Mr.
Corneille, Pierre, 1606-1684. Cid.
Bell, John, 1745-1831, bookseller.
Roberts, James, 1753-approximately 1809, illustrator.
Thornthwaite, J., 1740?- printmaker.
Cairns, Catherine Ann, 1766- former owner.
Green, Stephen, active 18th-19th century, former owner.
Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913, former owner.
Covent Garden Theatre.
Wild, Mr.
Corneille, Pierre, 1606-1684. Cid.
Bell, John, 1745-1831, bookseller.
Roberts, James, 1753-approximately 1809, illustrator.
Thornthwaite, J., 1740?- printmaker.
Cairns, Catherine Ann, 1766- former owner.
Green, Stephen, active 18th-19th century, former owner.
Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913, former owner.
Covent Garden Theatre.
Note
An adaptation of Corneille's Le Cid--"To the reader."
Edition statement at head of title.
Also issued as part of Bell's British theatre, v.14, 1776-1778.
Frontispiece portrait of Mrs. Yates lettered: J. Roberts del.; Thornthwaite sculpt.
Signatures: A-G⁶.
Cast list: p. 24.
Bookseller's advertisements: leaf G6.
Edition statement at head of title.
Also issued as part of Bell's British theatre, v.14, 1776-1778.
Frontispiece portrait of Mrs. Yates lettered: J. Roberts del.; Thornthwaite sculpt.
Signatures: A-G⁶.
Cast list: p. 24.
Bookseller's advertisements: leaf G6.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), T52850
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Call number
PROMPT Cymb. 14 item 5
Folger-specific note
Autographs: "Mrs. Achmet"; "Mrs. Cairns" and "Stephen Green" (latter two in same hand). "Mrs. Achmet" was Mrs. William Cairns' (née Catherine Ann Egan) stage name. Stamp: Edward Dowden Library. In quarter-calf binding with marbled paper boards, partly peeled away showing cartonnage boards; leather spine label "Tragedies." Bound fifth in a volume of seven 18th-century English plays.
Folger accession
cs610