DRAMATIC TABLE TALK (Theater history, 1550 - 1800)

Richard Ryan (1796-1849)

DRAMATIC TABLE TALK or Scenes, Situations and Adventures, Serious and Comic in Theatrical History and Biography

1st edition, 1825, London, John Knight & Henry Baker.
3 volumes, 12mo, 6-7/8 x 4-1/2" hard cover

Fine binding signed "BOUND BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE LONDON, ENGLAND",
full golden brown calf decorated overall with checkerboard blind-stamp pattern, gold gilt line and other borders, raised bands (scuffed)with gold title on applied dark leather (now incomplete), further decorative gold and date "1825" at the bottom of each spine, geometric patterned front free endpapers in colors.

873 pages (v1, preface plus 288 pp, v2, 288, v3, 297 pp plus index)
fine engraved plates, some folding, plates include : interior of Red Bull Theatre, Golden Lane Theatre, Shakespeare's family tree,
Chart of Dramatic History (1550-1800),
facsimile autographs of leading actors and a letter by Colley Cibber,
portraits of Garrick, Ben Johnson, Foote, Voltaire, Shakespeare, etc.

3 volumes ........................................................................................................SOLD