Title: The cave of poverty, a poem. Written in imitation of Shakespeare. By Mr. Theobald
Description: <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"> 8vo. f. [1] (blank), pp. [8], 48, f. [1] (blank). Boards. Includes head- and tailpieces and initials.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">First edition. A reissue is dated 1715. A poem ‘written in imitation of Shakespeare’ by the minor playwright, poet, and critic Lewis Theobald, who is otherwise best known for ‘Double Falsehood, or the Distrest Lovers’ (1728, see Bib# 4103197/Fr# 712 in this collection), a play he claimed to have ‘revised and adapted to the stage’ from a manuscript version ‘written originally by W. Shakespeare.’ See also ESTC, T136609; D.F. Foxon, English Verse, 1701-1750, T137.</span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/permalink/01JHU_INST/1lu78g9/alma991039120749707861" rel="nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</a></span></span></p>