Oct 20, 2009 - Sale 2190

Sale 2190 - Lot 385

Price Realized: $ 1,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
INSCRIBED SHERIDAN, RICHARD BRINSLEY. The Critic; or, A Tragedy Rehearsed. A Dramatic Piece. [2] (of [4]), ii, [4], 98, [2] pages, including final ad leaf; lacks half-title. 8vo, contemporary red straight-grain morocco attractively gilt with concentric roll borders on covers, flat spine with ornamental tooling and green morocco lettering piece; cloth folding case. Contemporary signature of Thomas White; bookplate of David and Lulu Borowitz. London: T. Becket, 1781

Additional Details

first edition, undetermined impression. Rothschild 1846. inscribed on front flyleaf: "From the Author to Anna Seward." Called "The Swan of Lichfield," Seward (1747-1809) was a poet known for her 1780 Elegy on Captain Cook, 1781 Monody on Major André, and 1784 novel Louisa.