Passages selected by distinguished personages, on the great literary trial of Vortigern and Rowena; a comi-tragedy. Volume I

People / Organizations

• H. Bate Dudley (Author)

Imprint

London : printed by H. Brown, for J. Ridgway, York-Street, ST. James's-Square, [1798?] Seventh edition.; ..

Added name

Dudley, Mary Bate.

Publication year

1798

ESTC No.

T138274

Grub Street ID

186145

Description

v.1 (viii,101,[3]p.) ; 8°.

Note

Dedication signed: Ralph Register, i.e. Sir Henry Bate Dudley and Mary Dudley, his wife

A satire on the leading public characters of the day in a series of passages professing to be quotations from William Ireland's play; it originally appeared from time to time in the 'Morning herald' and was written by Dudley and his wife (D.N.B.)

Preface of vol 1 dated: "Oct.5, 1795.".

Uncontrolled note

Watermark in vol. 1: 1797. - The seventh edition of vol. 2 was published in 1807