Item #3732 Group of Four 18th Century Tracts Bound Together. Shakespeare.
Group of Four 18th Century Tracts Bound Together
Group of Four 18th Century Tracts Bound Together
Group of Four 18th Century Tracts Bound Together
Group of Four 18th Century Tracts Bound Together
Group of Four 18th Century Tracts Bound Together
Group of Four 18th Century Tracts Bound Together

Group of Four 18th Century Tracts Bound Together

Peter Whalley. An Inquiry into the Learning of Shakespeare. London: Printed for T. Waller, 1748. First edition. [together with:] William Guthrie. An Essay upon English Tragedy. With Remarks upon the Abbe de Blanc's Observations on the English Stage. London: Printed for T. Waller, [1747]. First edition. (includes a title page for Riccoboni's Historical Account of All the Theatres in Europe, published by T. Waller in the same year which is often bound with this piece, but not included here). [and:] [Daniel Waterland]. Advice to a Young Student... London: John Crownfield, 1730. Early edition. [and:] [Charles Frey de Neuville]. The Funeral Oration upon Cardinal de Fleury... London: M. Cooper, 1748. Early English edition. 
Octavo. 84; 34; 32; 70pp. Contemporary calf, gilt-stamped title to spine, five raised bands, red speckled edges.
Boards rubbed and soiled; light toning throughout; early ink ownership inscription and notes to front endleaves; bookplate to front pastedown. Very good.

Item #3732

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