Comus, a mask. (Now adapted to the stage) as alter'd from Milton's mask at Ludlow-Castle, which was never represented but on Michaelmas-Day, 1634; ... The musick was composed by Mr. Henry Lawes,

People / Organizations

• John Milton (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for W. Feales; and the book-sellers of London and Westminster, 1735. The second edition.; ..

Added name

Dalton, John, 1709-1763.

Publication year

1735

ESTC No.

N44450

Grub Street ID

29861

Description

50,[2]p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 12°.

Note

Altered by John Dalton

The publication date is presumed to be incorrect; the first performance of this adaptation was in 1738, and the edition printed by J. Hughs for R. Dodsley in 1738 is the first edition known (Coleridge, K.A. Descriptive catalogue of the Milton collection in the Alexander Turnbull Library, 226); Signatures: A-D]6 E]2; leaf A2 missigned 'A3'

Without the music.

Uncontrolled note

Frontis. = ill. - DFo copy: Sig. A2 signed A3