Containing Original Theatrical Essays - Literary Reviews - Theatrical Criticisms - Original and Selected Poetry - Theatrical Anecdotes - Provincial Theatres etc.13 x 21.8 cm half bound leather Bayntun signed binding with 5 raised bands and gilt titles in one compartment and decoration in the others, marbled endpapers. Volumes 1 & 2 running from No. 1 published Sat 10 July 1819 to No. 23 published on Sat 30 October, lacking Nos. 3,7, 15 and 22. With an index. Includes 16 full page illustrations of actors by Isaak Robert Cruikshank, 15 of which are hand coloured as follows; Mr Kean as Brutus; Miss Egerton as Madge Wildfire; Mr Kean as Omreah; Mr Liston as Figaro; Mr Yates as M. Grimacier; Mr Oxberry as Humphry Gull; Mr Knight as Blaise; Mrs Vining as Koran; Mrs Bunn as Elvira; Mr Young as King John (uncoloured); Mr Fitzwilliam as Dumbeidikes; Mr Fitzwilliam as Nicholas Blount; Mr Wilkinson as Hookey Walker; Mr Elliston as Duke Aranza; Miss Wilson as Mandane; Mr Harley as Leporello. The binding is very good with just a touch of rubbing to the shoulders and corners, a little fading to the spine and minimal loss to the front joint at the head of the spine. the binding is firm and the endpapers uncracked with just a hint of toning to the edges of the free endpaper where they are in contact with the leather corners. Internally there is a bookplate for ‘Malacrida’ (possibly Piero and Nadja Malacrida). The pages are generally very clean with just a little toning to the uncut edges, occasional spotting, mainly to the edges and a couple of small chips of around 0.5 cm to the top edge of a couple of pages including the image of Mr Lipton, although neither the border or the image are affected. All in all a very scarce collection of this theatrical periodical with some excellent colour plates.