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Theatre.- [Congreve (William)] Amendments of Mr. Collier's False and Imperfect Citations, &c., first edition, first issue, for J. Tonson, 1698.
Hammer Price: £300
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Theatre.- [Congreve (William)] Amendments of Mr. Collier's False and Imperfect Citations, &c., first edition, first issue, without 'advertisement' on half-title verso and D6 uncancelled (reading "Superstition" not "Supposition"), half-title, armorial Jolliffe bookplate, some very light browning, else very good, contemporary panelled calf, sympathetically rebacked, rubbing to cover extremities, [Pforzheimer 191; Wing C5844], 8vo, for J. Tonson, 1698.
⁂ Congreve's rebuttal to Jeremy Collier's attack on him and the English stage in general, including Dryden. "Most copies...are of the second issue" (Pforzheimer).
Description
Theatre.- [Congreve (William)] Amendments of Mr. Collier's False and Imperfect Citations, &c., first edition, first issue, without 'advertisement' on half-title verso and D6 uncancelled (reading "Superstition" not "Supposition"), half-title, armorial Jolliffe bookplate, some very light browning, else very good, contemporary panelled calf, sympathetically rebacked, rubbing to cover extremities, [Pforzheimer 191; Wing C5844], 8vo, for J. Tonson, 1698.
⁂ Congreve's rebuttal to Jeremy Collier's attack on him and the English stage in general, including Dryden. "Most copies...are of the second issue" (Pforzheimer).
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