Lot #63 Pasquin. A Dramatick Satire on the Times: Being the Rehearsal of Two Plays, viz. a Comedy call'd, The Election; and a Tragedy call'd, The Life and Death of Common-Sense. As it is Acted at the Theatre in the Hay-Market.

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Pasquin. A Dramatick Satire on the Times: Being the Rehearsal of Two Plays, viz. a Comedy call'd, The Election; and a Tragedy call'd, The Life and Death of Common-Sense. As it is Acted at the Theatre in the Hay-Market.

Author:

Fielding, Henry

Place Published:

London

Publisher:

J. Watts

Date Published:

1736

Description:

[iv], 65, [3] pp. (8vo) full brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt, all edges in gilt. Bound by Riviere & Son. First Edition.

First Edition of Fielding's greatest theatrical success, which was first performed on March 5, 1736, ran for 39 consecutive evenings, and was performed 60 times during the season. Allardyce Nicoll writes, "A brilliant satire, well conceived, with plentiful references to the difficulties of the poets, the folly of the pantomimes, and the absurdities of the Italian opera... Fielding has carried through his "Dramatick Satire.." with a verve which makes it one of the most notable works of the century." Cross, III, 299. Nicoll, II, p. 328. Rothschild 840.

Condition:

Lightly rubbed; fine.

Item#:

250371

Headline:

Henry Fielding's Pasquin first edition
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Lot #63 Pasquin. A Dramatick Satire on the Times: Being the Rehearsal of Two Plays, viz. a Comedy call'd, The Election; and a Tragedy call'd, The Life and Death of Common-Sense. As it is Acted at the Theatre in the Hay-Market.

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