first edition Soft Cover
1757 · Edinburgh
by [Home, John]
Edinburgh: Printed for G. Hamilton & J. Balfour, W. Gray & W. Peter, 1757. Soft Cover. Very Good. First Edinburgh edition (ESTC N388), published simultaneously with the London edition. Engraved illustrated mounted inside front wrapper. First two pages and last page lightly spotted and creased, small internal tear to epilogue page. 1757 Soft Cover. 74, [2] pp. 8 1/8 x 5 1/2. Plain olive wrappers, not contemporary. It appears likely this was trimmed from a quarto edition, as the margin along the binding edge is considerably smaller than the fore edge margin. This production was Edmund Kean's acting debut, and the play was admired by David Hume (truncated)