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An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber, comedian and late patentee of the Theatre-Royal. : With an historical view of the stage during his own time
Cibber, Colley (1671-1757); Van der Gucht, Gerard (1696-1776); Vanloo, Jean-Baptiste (1684-1745)
1740
Dedicated "to a certain gentleman".
The poetical register: or, The lives and characters of all the English dramatick poets : With an account of their writings (v.1)
Jacob, Giles (1686-1744)
1719-20
The dedication is signed "G. J." only, but the work is mentioned in the article on G. Jacob, v. 2, p. 299-300.
Memoirs of the life, writings, and amours of William Congreve, Esq : interspersed with miscellaneous essays, letters, and characters written by him : also some very curious memoirs of Mr. Dryden and his family, with a character of him and his writings by Mr. Congreve
Wilson, Charles Esq; Oldmixon, John (1673-1742)
printed in the year 1730
First edition. Charles Wilson is believed to be a pseudonym, probably of John Oldmixon. Cf. Edmund Gosse's Life of William Congreve, p. viii, etc. Primarily a pastiche of previous published materi...