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Love makes a man, or, The fop's fortune : a comedy
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Title
Love makes a man, or, The fop's fortune : a comedy / by Colley Cibber, Esq. ; adapted for theatrical representation, as performed at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden ; regulated from the prompt-books, by permission of the managers.
Publication
London : Printed for the proprietors, under the direction of John Bell, British Library, Strand, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, MDCCXCI [1791]
Physical Description
v, [2], 8-120 p., [2] leaves of plates : 1 ill. ; 15 cm (12mo)
Local Notes
BEIN 2016 1124 16: Number 1 of 3 titles bound together with binder's title "British theatre."
Notes
"A modernization ... from two of the plays of Beaumont and Fletcher--"The elder brother' and the 'Custom of the country.'"
Signatures: A⁴ B-K⁶ L².
With added engraved, illustrated t.p. on one of the plates.
T.p. preceded by engraving of Mr. Quick as Don Lewis De Wilde, ad viv. pinxt. Audinet, sc. London, Printed for J. Bell, British Library, Strand, May 10th, 1791.
Published to become part of Bell's British theatre (London, England : 1791). One play was published each week. Subscribers received a general title page and vignette with every 5th play so that 5 plays could be bound together. Volumes alternated between tragedies and comedies.
Variant and related titles
Love makes a man
Fop's fortune
British theatre
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 14, 2008
References
English short title catalogue, N19225
Genre/Form
Comedies - England - 18th century.
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