Playbills, Bound Collection (1799-1800).

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Playbills, Bound Collection (1799-1800). Approximately eighty broadside handbills advertising every performance at the Theatre Royal in Manchester, England, from 16 December 1799 to 24 November 1800, stab sewn in contemporary limp marbled paper wrappers with a large inked "1800" on the front cover and the bookplate of James Watson of Manchester pasted inside, with a few separate notes tipped in describing any divergence from the printed bill, such as actor substitutions, et cetera, the last four broadsides badly foxed.
Estimate $350-450

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