Richard Brinsley Sheridan — The School for Scandal

London, Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1900. Cloth. A charming illustrated edition of Sheridan's classic comedy of manners, praised by both William Hazlitt and Edmund Gosse. A charming illustrated edition of The School for Scandal, an eighteenth century comedy of manners, written by prolific Whig and British playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Published in 1900, first performed at Drury Lane Theatre in 1777. In the publisher's original blue decorative cloth, with numerous in-text and full-page colour and monochrome illustrations by Italian classical artist Lucius Rossi. Praised for its brilliant wit by the likes of William Hazlitt and Edmund Gosse, School for Scandal revived the Comedy of Manners genre in British theatre and Sheridan a household name. Known for his finesse in his portraits, Rossi brings out the play's sophisticated Georgian setting, making this a particulalry attractive edition. In the publisher's original blue decorative cloth. Externally, the odd mark to boards, mostly to the front joint. Slight fading to the spine and rubbing to joints. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Decorative end papers are clean, with minor fading to front end paper hinge. Previous bookseller's stamp to rear pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Cloth reinforcement to hinges. Pages are mostly bright and clean with slight browning to leaf extremities. Very Good . Ill.: Lucius Rossi. Very Good .