The dramatick works of Sir Richard Steele. Containing, The Conscious Lovers. The Funeral. The Tender Husband. The Lying Lover.

People / Organizations

• Richard Steele (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for J. and R. Tonson, S. Draper, and H. Lintot; and sold by W. Reeve, opposite Crane Court in Fleet-Street, [1755?]

Publication year

1755-1755

ESTC No.

T34943

Grub Street ID

265169

Description

83,[1];83,[1];78,[2];83,[1]p.,plate : ill. ; 12⁰

Note

Each play has a separate dated titlepage, and separate pagination and register.

'The conscious lovers' is printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, and H. Lintot, 1755; 'The funeral' is of the seventh edition and is printed for J. Tonson, 1734; 'The tender husband' is printed for Jacob Tonson, 1735; 'The lying lover' is printed for Henry Lintot, 1747, and is based upon 'Le Menteur' by Pierre Corneille.

In this edition, the third line of the imprint on the collective titlepage begins: Crane, and the titlepage ornament is floral.

Uncontrolled note

BL QUERIED 8/96 REGARDING IMPRINT OF "THE CONSCIOUS LOVERS" Frontis. to collective work = plate, frontis's to sep. plays = ill