Plays by Hannah Cowley & Elizabeth Inchbald
A Day in Turkey; or, The Russian Slaves. A Comedy, as acted at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. [bound with:] Which is the Man? A Comedy . . . Fifth edition. [bound with:] INCHBALD, Mrs. [Elizabeth]. The Child of Nature. A Dramatic Piece. In Four Acts. [Adapted from Zelie, by Stéphanie Félicité GENLIS]. 'second Edition."
London: Printed for G.G. J. and J. Robinson, 1792; 1785; 1789.
Price: $350.00
About the item
First edition of the first title. 86, [2]; [4], 54; [8], 53 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Plays by Hannah Cowley & Elizabeth Inchbald. Three quarter blue polished calf, gilt spine, t.e.g. Fine.
Item #212571
The comedies of Hannah Cowley (1743-1809) "constitute a dramatic oeuvre unmatched before her time by any woman except Aphra Behn." - Janet Todd, DICTIONARY OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN WRITERS.