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A LADY [CELESIA, Dorothea]. Almida, a tragedy...

London. Printed for T. Becket and Co., 1771. First edition.
8vo. [8], 66pp, [2]. With a half-title. Disbound. Very occasional light spotting.
The first edition of playwright and poet Dorothea Celesia's (bap. 1738, d. 1790) five-act blank verse tragedy, a free translation of Voltaire's Tancrède (1760), performed at the Drury Lane Theatre from 12th January 1771 for ten nights, with alterations by David Garrick.
ESTC T21283.
£ 50.00 Antiquates Ref: 27347