An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber
By: written by himself.  A new edition with notes and supplement by Robert W. Lowe; 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.
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.
Notes: With reprints of two rare tracts: Wright's "Historia histrionica,1699" (v. 1., p. [xix]-li) and Aston's "Brief supplement to Colley Clibber ... Lives of the late famous actors and actresses" (v. 2. p. [297]-318)

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

"Ex libris-Luther A. Brewer."

With reproductions of original title-pages.

"Large paper edition."

"305 copies printed on ... deckle-edge royal 8vo paper for England and America.  The portraits are in duplicate, one on Japanese paper in brown ink before letters, the other on plate paper as India proofs after letters.  Each copy is numbered, and the type distribuated. no. 294."

Bibliography: v. 2, p. 286-296.