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Kotzebue, August Von.

The Indian Exiles. A Comedy in Three Acts.

London, T. Maiden for Vernor and Hood, 1800., 1800

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Year of publication
1800
Author
Kotzebue, August Von.
Publishers
London, T. Maiden for Vernor and Hood, 1800.
Keyword
Literature prior to 1880
Languages
English

Description

8vo. (4), 84 pp. With woodcut printer's device on title-page and engraved frontispiece (Thurston del., Anker Smith sc.). Contemporary boards with giltstamped blue spine labels. First English edition of Kotzebue's colonial-themed comedy "Die Indianer in England" (first performed at Reval in 1789 and published in Leipzig the following year). Translated by Benjamin Thompson (1774?-1816), a British professional playwright who was also an unsuccessful agricultural speculator. - Slightly browned due to paper. - OCLC 7051346.