Author: Aaron Hill
Title: The Works of the Late Aaron Hill Esq in Four Volumes Consisting of Letters on Various Subjects and of Original Poems, Moral and Facetious with an Essay on the Art of Acting.
Description: London, For the Benefit of the Family, 1753. First edition. Leather. The first collected edition of Aaron Hill's writings, posthumously published. Scarce to find all four volumes together. With a subscriber's list to the start of volume I. This work is a collection of Hill's essays, letters and poems. His 'Dramatic Works' were published later in 1760. ESTC no. T107059. With the bookplate of Thomas Chilcott, the organist of Bath in 1757 to all volumes. Chilcot was an English organist and composer. Aaron Hill was an English dramatist who was a perfectionist when it came to his writings. Some believed that his polished nature lead to a lack in spontaneity with his dramatic works. He famously had some controversy with Alexander Pope after he wrote several satiric lines on him. This then meant that Hill was referenced in Pope's 'Dunciad' which fuelled the controversy. Hill managed the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane when he was 24 years old. Whilst doing so he staged the premier of George Frideric Handel's 'Rinaldo&apos. This was the first Italian opera designed for a London audience. These personal letters of Hill's further convey his love and interest in theatre. They provide a contemporary view of late seventeenth and early eighteenth theatre. Rebound in half calf bindings with paper covered boards. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear. Prior owner's bookplate to the front pastedowns, Thomas Chilcot Organist of Bath. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright. Slight offsetting to the page edges. Worming to the margins of 339 to end vol 1, not affecting pages. Just the odd spots to pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .
Keywords: aaron Hill Letters Poetry poems Letters None
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Title: The Works of the Late Aaron Hill Esq in Four Volumes Consisting of Letters on Various Subjects and of Original Poems, Moral and Facetious with an Essay on the Art of Acting.
Description: London, For the Benefit of the Family, 1753. First edition. Leather. The first collected edition of Aaron Hill's writings, posthumously published. Scarce to find all four volumes together. With a subscriber's list to the start of volume I. This work is a collection of Hill's essays, letters and poems. His 'Dramatic Works' were published later in 1760. ESTC no. T107059. With the bookplate of Thomas Chilcott, the organist of Bath in 1757 to all volumes. Chilcot was an English organist and composer. Aaron Hill was an English dramatist who was a perfectionist when it came to his writings. Some believed that his polished nature lead to a lack in spontaneity with his dramatic works. He famously had some controversy with Alexander Pope after he wrote several satiric lines on him. This then meant that Hill was referenced in Pope's 'Dunciad' which fuelled the controversy. Hill managed the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane when he was 24 years old. Whilst doing so he staged the premier of George Frideric Handel's 'Rinaldo&apos. This was the first Italian opera designed for a London audience. These personal letters of Hill's further convey his love and interest in theatre. They provide a contemporary view of late seventeenth and early eighteenth theatre. Rebound in half calf bindings with paper covered boards. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear. Prior owner's bookplate to the front pastedowns, Thomas Chilcot Organist of Bath. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright. Slight offsetting to the page edges. Worming to the margins of 339 to end vol 1, not affecting pages. Just the odd spots to pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .
Keywords: aaron Hill Letters Poetry poems Letters None
Price: GBP 1200.00 = appr. US$ 1713.58 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 623L17
- Book number: 623L17
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