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London : John Bell
Bell's British theatre consisting of the most esteemed English plays ; v. 19. Contents: Volpone - Country Lasses - Mistake - Gamesters - Aesop. 1778
20.0 x 3.5 cm (book measurement (inventory)) | RCIN 1055986
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John Bell was a publisher and newspaper proprietor who was noted for commissioning attractive artwork to accompany his printed texts. His bookshop in the Strand was known as the ‘British Library’ and he was characterised as ‘a mischievous spirit, the very Puck of a bookseller’ by the publisher and editor Charles Knight. Bell’s British Theatre collected 140 plays in twenty-one volumes.
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20.0 x 3.5 cm (book measurement (inventory))
