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The Robbers. A Tragedy in Five Acts. [Bound with] Don Carlos, Infant of Spain. A Tragedy in Five Acts. [And] Otto of Wittelsback; or, The Choleric Count. Translated from the German by Benjamin Thompson, Esq.
by Schiller, Frederick; James Marcus Babo
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About This Item
London: Vernor and Hood, 1800. 8vo, pp. [iv], 99 [1], [iv], 172; [iv], 96 + 3 frontispieces. Contemporary red morocco, spine divided by elaborate gilt rules, second compartment lettered in gilt direct, other compartments tooled in gilt, boards bordered with gilt rules enclosing lozenge outlines blocked in gilt, edges gilt. Some spotting, particularly to title-pages, some offsetting from plates. Rubbed, worn to extremities, joints cracked. Booklabel of Camilla Dufour to pastedown. Three German plays translated by Benjamin Thompson (1775/6-1816), all later reissued in his six-volume ‘The German Theatre.’ This copy belonged to a Camilla Dufour, perhaps the singer and sometime actor of the same name, active on the London stage around 1800 and later the wife of chess player and teacher Jacob Henry Sarratt. ESTC N12832; ESTC T60679.
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- McNaughtan's Bookshop
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- Title
- The Robbers. A Tragedy in Five Acts. [Bound with] Don Carlos, Infant of Spain. A Tragedy in Five Acts. [And] Otto of Wittelsback; or, The Choleric Count. Translated from the German by Benjamin Thompson, Esq.
- Author
- Schiller, Frederick; James Marcus Babo
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Vernor and Hood
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1800
- Keywords
- Literature Drama Translation
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