The good natur'd man: a comedy. As performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent Garden. The fifth edition.

London: for W. Griffin, 1768. 8vo, pp. [iii]-vi, [2], 74, [2]; bound without the half-title; 19th century polished tan calf over marbled boards; upper joint tender, edges worn; the Preface leaf trimmed close; good copy. First performed on the 29th of January, 1768. "All the 'editions' for W. Griffin in 1768 may be distinguished as 5 impressions of the same edition. See Todd, Studies in Bibliography II 1958" (NCBEL II, col. 1198). The Prologue, a 30-line poem in heroic couplets, was written by Dr. Johnson. Chapman & Hazen, p. 150; Courtney and Smith, p. 113; Fleeman 68.1GGM/1. See Scott, pp. 211-12 and Rothschild 1031. Item #23346

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