Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Brooke, Henry, 1703?-1783
Title:
Gustavus Vasa, the deliverer of his country : a tragedy / written by Henry Brooke, Esq. ; as intended to have been performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for John Bell, 1778.
Physical Description:
72 p. : ill., port. ; 18 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR3326.B4 A7 1778
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
At head of title: Bell's edition.

Includes an engraved frontispiece portrait of Mrs. Masey in the character of Christina. Engraved after James Roberts.

English short title catalogue, T35931

BEIR Ib70 t776 18 copy 1: No. 5 of 5 titles bound together.

BEIR Ib70 t776 18 copy 2: No. 4 of 5 titles bound together.

BEIR b70 t776af 18: No. 5 of 5 titles bound together.

BAC: British Art Center copy disbound.
Subject Terms:
Gustaf I Vasa, King of Sweden, 1496–1560 -- In literature. | Gustaf I Vasa, King of Sweden, 1496–1560 -- Drama. | English drama -- Early works to 1800. | Bell, John -- Publisher. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1778.
Contributors:
Roberts, James, 1753–approximately 1809, ill.