Pizarro: a Tragedy in Five Acts; as Performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane: Taken from the German Drama of Kotzebue; and Adapted to the English Stage … A Superior Edition, on Fine Wove Paper, Hot-Pressed, Price 5s.
London: James Ridgway, 1799.
Price: $450.00
About the item
First edition, fine paper issue. Lacking 2 pp. ads called for by ESTC, but not Ashley. [8], 76, [4]pp. 8vo. Full speckled polished calf, gilt spine, t.e.g., by Wood, London. Ashley V, p.156; ESTC T58786; Sabin 80340; Williams, p. 234; Stratman 5744.
Item #310534
First edition, fine paper issue, of Sheridan's adaptation of August von Kotzebue's Die Spanien in Peru. The play opened on 24 May 1799 and was an immense success; it ran for 31 nights and was published in 15 editions in the first year. There were two issues of the first edition, an ordinary paper issue priced 2l. 6d. and this "superior edition" on fine wove paper with 1796 watermark, priced 5s. ESTC notes a text variant on p. 64, present in this copy, which reads: “No living! — thought and memory are my hell"
Contemporary news clipping from the Manchester engagement of 1800.
