The history of the English state, from the restauration to the present time : Including the lives, characters and amours, of the most eminent actors and actresses. With instructions for public speaking; wherein the action and utterance of the bar, state, pulpit are distinctly considered
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Type of record: Book
Title: The history of the English state, from the restauration to the present time : Including the lives, characters and amours, of the most eminent actors and actresses. With instructions for public speaking; wherein the action and utterance of the bar, state, pulpit are distinctly considered
Other titles: Memoirs of Mrs. Anne Oldfield
Classmark: English I-0.33 BET
Related people: Oldfield, Anne, 1683-1730
Publisher: Printed for E. Curll
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1741
Language: English
Size and medium: 6 unnumbered pages, 167 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 86 pages, advertising matter
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/189792
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991008885089705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
Pages 30 and 31 (2d seq.) misnumbered 31 and 30 respectively.
Includes table of contents.
Decorative initials, head- and tailpieces.
Dedication signed: E. Curll.
"A compilation by Oldys et al, partly based on Betterton's papers" - Cambridge bibliography of English literature.
Authorship ascribed ty William Oldys and also to the publisher, Edmund Curll. cf. Dictionary of national biography.
"Memoirs of Mrs. Anne Oldfield" has special title page and separate pagination.
Memoirs is an abridgment of William Egerton's Faithful memoirs of the life, amours, and performances of... Mrs. Anne Oldfield, 1731. cf. Dictionary of national biography. Also attributed to William Oldys. cf. Cambridge bibliography of English literature.
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