An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber
By: written by himself ; with twenty-six original mezzotint portraits by R.B. Parkes and eighteen etchings by Adolphe Lalauze.
Contributors: Lowe, Robert William, 1853-1902.; Wright, James, 1643-1713.; Ashton, Anthony, fl. 1682-1747.
Edition: A new ed. / with notes and supplement by Robert W. Lowe.
Publisher: J.C. Nimmo
Published: 1889
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: English drama -- History and criticism.; Theater -- Great Britain -- History.; Actors -- England.; Actors -- England -- Portraits.
Genres: Portraits.
Notes: With reprints of two rare tracts: Wright's "Historia histrionica, 1699" (v. 1., p. [xix]-li) and Aston's "Brief supplement to Colley Cibber ... Lives of the late famous actors and actresses" (v. 2. p. [297]-318).

"Memoirs of the actors and actresses mentioned by Cibber, taken from E. Bellchamber's edition of the 'Apology', 1822 [perhaps by J. H. Burn]": v. 2, p. [319]-371.

"510 copies printed on ... deckle-edge demy 8vo paper for England and America, with the portraits as India proofs after letters. Each copy is numbered, and the type distributed. No. 404."

Includes index.