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ROWE, Nicholas.
Tamerlane, a tragedy.
Londres : printed for the Company, s. d. (ca 1750 ) Petit in-8, 83-(5) pages. Broché, couverture muette d'origine.
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A la fin, le catalogue des livres Anglais "neatly printed in pocket volumes, and sold by T. Johnson bookseller in the Hague" (une page) puis le "Catalogue of English plays" chez le même libraire (deux pages)."Nicholas Rowe's Tamerlane of 1701 marks an important step in the development of literary representations of military heroes. Rowe draws on and adapts seventeenth-century accounts of Timur and other soldiers to create a conqueror more virtuous and peace-loving than those portrayed by earlier playwrights. Yet in spite of his pacific temper, Rowe's hero must go to war, and such necessity becomes an argument for William III's contemporary war with France. In fashioning a warrior who both hates and wages war, Rowe anticipated a number of eighteenth-century heroic figures. Tamerlane's lasting popularity suggests that he provided the century with one of its best-known and most resonant versions of the martial ideal." (John Richardson).
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1 book(s) with the same title
Tamerlane. A Tragedy, Marked with the Variations n the Manager's Book, at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane. London, Lowndes, 1776. RELIE AVEC (à la suite): 2). OTOWAY. Venice Preserv'd; or, a Plot Discover'd a Tragedy. Marked with the Variations n the Manager's Book, at the Theatre-Royal in Covent Garden. London, Bathurst, 1776. 3). PHILIPS, Ambrose. The Distrest Mother. A Tragedy. Marked with the Variations n the Manager's Book, at the Theatre-Royal in Covent Garden. London, Caslon, 1776. 4). VANGRUGH (John) et CIBBER (Colley). The provok'd husband; or, a journey to London. A comedy. London, Lowndes, 1776. 5). CIBBER (Colley). Love Makes a Man; or the Fop's Fortune, A Comedy. Marked with the Variations n the Manager's Book, at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane. London, Lowndes, 1776. 6). STEELE (Richard). The Funeral or Grief A-La-Mode. A Comedy. Marked with the Variations n the Manager's Book, at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane. London, Strahan, 1777.
1776. in-12. 1) Frontispice. 70 pages. 1 feuillet. 2) Frontispice. 74 pages. 1 feuillet. 3). Frontispice. VI. 55 pages. 2 feuillets. (Manque de page 35 à 38). 4) Frontispice. 105 pages. 1 feuillet. 5) Frontispice. 78 pages. 1 feuillet. 6) Frontispice. 72 pages. (17x10cm). Plein veau ancien. Dos à nerfs. Pièce de titre (English theatre) et de tomaison (vol. 4). Frottements. Charnières partiellement fendues. Petits accidents aux coiffes. Coins émoussés. Taches. Marques de mouillure claire touchant presque tout le volume sans perte. Petites déchirures sans perte. Sinon exemplaire solide, très bon état intérieur. Ex-libris gravé sur le contreplat et note manuscrite en page de garde : « Tho.s Self Ponys ». 6 superbes frontispices introduisant chaque pièce, représentant des comédiens de l’époque sur scène, parfois accompagnés, en didascalie, du dialogue correspondant : Mr. Palmer as Bajazet, Miss Hopkins as Selima ; Mr. Bensleyin the character of Pierre ; M.rs Hartley as Andromache… Très bon état intérieur.
