MONTAGU, Elizabeth - Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear, Compared with the Gree

1769. [MONTAGU, Elizabeth]. AN ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS AND GENIUS OF SHAKESPEAR, COMPARED WITH THE GREEK AND FRENCH DRAMATIC POETS. WITH SOME REMARKS UPON THE MISREPRESENTATION OF MONS. DE VOLTAIRE. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, Pall-mall; Mess. Baker and Leigh, York-street, Covent-garden, et al. 1769. First edition. Octavo. [4],288 pp. Ink ownership of the American Historian Winthrop Sargent (dated March 10, 1874) on front fly-leaf and t.p. Clean and complete text but for foxing to endpapers and blank leaves. This copy is offered as is because the contemporary calf binding is heavily worn, scuffed, and soiled, with one board detached, and the other board nearly so. (CBEL, v. 2, p. 842). .

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