| Title |
A contemporary collection of four Glasgow piracies of English dramatists bound in one volume: The provok’d husband by Colley Cibber, after Sir John Vanbrugh (1757), The suspicious husband by Dr. Benjamin Hoadly (1759), The careless husband, 7th ed. (1759) and Elfrida, 3rd ed. by William Mason (1759). |
|---|---|
| Author |
Colley Cibber [et al.] |
| Imprint | Glasgow: [s.n.] |
| Language | English |
| Date of publication |
1757-1759 |
| Notes |
The volume is a remarkable survivor of Glaswegian interest in the London stage of the mid-18th century. The Scottish custom of printing and selling works still under copyright protection, according to the London publishers and the Stationers' Company in London, so-called pirated editions, was a big issue in 18th-century Britain. All the editions are extremely rare, and the Colley Cibber edition is otherwise unrecorded. |
| Shelfmark | AB.1.221.10(1-4) |
| Reference sources | |
| Acquisition date | 01 February 2021 |