By His Majesty's servants, on Wednesday, March 12th, 1788, will be presented the celebrated comedy, written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Esq., called The school for scandal and Theatre tickets sold at the booksellers' shops will be received this night ...
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Caption title., At head of title: The theatre tickets sold at the booksellers' shops will be received this night - Likewise tickets delivered for the benefit of Mr. Byles, box-keeper; Mr. Shevill, and Miss Carpenter., A playbill., Mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted before page 183 (leaf numbered '224' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. and Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-1812.
Manuscript, on paper, in at least three unidentified hands, containing a collection of medical texts. Includes: recipes for cosmetics (ff. 1-10), herbal (ff. 11-28), medical and pharmacological treatise (ff. 28-42), Petrus Hispanus' Thesaurus Pauperum (ff. 44-122), medical recipes (ff. 123-125), De dolore capitis et emigrania et dolore dencium et gutturis (ff. 126-135), medical recipes--some in English (ff. 135-136), De passionibus et opillacionibus epatis et splenis et apostematibus (ff. 138-141), medical recipes (ff. 141-152), Constantinus Africanus' De passionibus matricis et de omni fluxu menstruoso (ff. 153-166), medical recipes (ff. 167-192).
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In Latin and Middle English., Title assigned by cataloger., Script: secretary hand., Layout: single column of around 25 lines., Binding: fifteenth-century English dark brown leather binding, blind-tooled with a single strap and clasp. Later covered by a sheepskin chemise binding, now wanting. Pictures available in manuscript file., Watermarks include a bull’s head (Briquet 14345 or 6), and an armorial shield with 3 fleur-de-lys (Briquet 1697 or 8)., and Front pastedown is early printed waste (Dutch or Italian) containing work on clerical topics (e.g. fugiens clericus). End papers are rubricated, 15th-century vellum leaves from a religious work.
Subject (Topic):
Materia medica, Medicine, Manuscripts, Medicine, Medieval, Therapeutics, Traditional medicine, and Recipes
Theatre-Royal, Bath. The public are respectfully informed, that on account of a sudden, domestic calamity, Mr. Elliston's remaining performances are unavoidably postponed for a few days; and that Mr. Matthews & Mr. Incledon are engaged to perform three nights only
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Caption title., A playbill., From a bound collection of playbills: [Playbills from the Theatre-Royal, Bath, 1783-1815]. [Bath, England], [between 1783 and 1815]., and Contemporary ms. note.
Publisher:
Keenes, Printers, 7, Kingsmead-Street
Subject (Name):
Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814., Pocock, I. 1782-1835. (Isaac),, and Horn, Charles E. 1786-1849. (Charles Edward),
Theatre-Royal, Bath. The public are respectfully informed, that on account of a sudden domestic calamity, Mr. Elliston's remaining performances are unavoidably postponed for a few days; and that Mr. Matthews & Mr. Incledon are engaged to perform three nights only
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Caption title., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Playbills from the Theatre-Royal, Bath, 1783-1815]. [Bath, England], [between 1783 and 1815].
Publisher:
Keenes, Printers, 7, Kingsmead-Street
Subject (Name):
Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814. and Horn, Charles E. 1786-1849. (Charles Edward),
Theatre-Royal, Bath. The public are respectfully informed, that on account of a sudden domestic calamity, Mr. Elliston's remaining performances are unavoidably postponed for a few days; and that Mr. Matthews & Mr. Incledon are engaged to perform three nights only
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Caption title., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Playbills from the Theatre-Royal, Bath, 1783-1815]. [Bath, England], [between 1783 and 1815].
Publisher:
Keenes, Printers, 7, Kingsmead-Street
Subject (Name):
Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814. and Horn, Charles E. 1786-1849. (Charles Edward),
Caption title., A playbill., Ms. annotation on verso: "1801"., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Playbills from theatres in York, England]. [England], [1789-1805].
Publisher:
T. Wilson and R. Spence, printers, High Ousegate, York
Subject (Name):
Morton, Thomas, 1764-1838. and Colman, George, 1762-1836.
Caption title., First line: I. He will cut off a pigeon's head with a sword by only drawing the sword through the pigeon's shadow in the looking-glass, and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Name):
Zucker, Mr.
Subject (Topic):
Magicians, Magic tricks, and Social life and customs