Item #205813 The Critic.; Or a Tragedy Rehearsed. A Dramatic Piece in Three Acts as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

The Critic.; Or a Tragedy Rehearsed. A Dramatic Piece in Three Acts as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane.

London: T. Becket, 1781. 8vo, engraved title; [vi], 98pp, lacking half-title and final ads; full contemporary tree calf, recased and rebacked. Two bookplates; scattered spotting; old and faded ink notation on the front board; edges rubbed; a decent copy. Item #205813

There were several editions published in 1781 and in the absence of the half-title, it is impossible to determine whether this one is the first, as all were otherwise identical.

Price: $500.00

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