An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian, and Late Patentee of the Theatre Royal - Cibber, Colley 1671-1757 (London Watts, 1740)
Colley Cibber (1671-1757) was an English actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate.
contains a portrait of the author (frontispiece)
for the edition of 1756, see 10D11-12
Ex libris Belton House (plate) & John L. Brownlowe (plate)
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