Perseus and Andromeda
Subtitle: as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields : adorn'd with copper plates
Contributors: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist; Wood, Thomas, active 1708-1748, bookseller; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner
Publisher: Printed and sold by Tho. Wood in Little Britain
Published: 1730
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 17
Other titles: Early English Playbooks, 1594-1799 (Boston Public Library); Shakespeare Collection (Collection of Distinction)
Notes: "Price one shilling."

Signatures: A-Ćþ.

Includes two plates (engravings), with "WH Fecit" at lower right said to be by William Hogarth. The first plate, bound opposite the title page, depicts Perseus holding the head of Medusa; the body of Medusa is to his right, and Pegasus flys overhead. The second plate, bound between p. 4 and 5, depicts Perseus leaping from a cliff holding the head of Medusa; Andromeda chained in foreground; ocean with sea monster in background.

Catalogue of the Barton collection, Boston Public Library (1888 edition), Misc., p. 442

English short title catalogue, T67207

Cataloged 20171101 jmoschella

condition reviewed 20171114 cletizia

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy G.3962.6 no.11: dramatis personae bracketed together in early manuscript.

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy G.3962.6 no.11 is the eleventh of eleven items bound together into a single volume. See bibliographic record for G.3962.6 no.1 for complete contents list. Each item cataloged separately.