An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian, and Late Patentee of the Theatre-Royal. with an Historical View of the Stage During His Own Ti (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781170973592)

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT089985'A dialogue on old plays, and old players', by James Wright, was originally issued, in 1699, as 'Historia histrionica'.London: printed for R. Dodsley, 1750. [24],555, [1]p., plate: port.; 8

Author: Colley Cibber
ISBN-10: 1170973590
ISBN-13: 9781170973592
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Language: English
Published: 10/21/2010
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.57d