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Henry BrookeTHE EARL OF ESSEX. A TRAGEDY AS IT IS NOW ACTING AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL IN DRURY-LANE ....
Dublin: Printed for P. Wilson and W. Smith, 1761. 60pp. 12mo. Extracted from pamphlet volume. Trimmed slightly close at bottom edge, affecting a few signature marks, old light diagonal tidemark across lower fore-quarter of textblock, old stamp of a defunct mercantile library, otherwise a good copy. Item #WRCLIT72788
First Dublin printing, published in the same year as the London printing and an edition from Edinburgh. It is interesting to note that the play was first staged in Dublin in May of 1750, then revived in London eleven years later. ESTC locates 6 copies in North America. NCBEL III:785. ESTC N889.
Price: $125.00