A short view of the profaneness and immorality of the English stage, &c : With the several defences of the same. In answer to Mr. Congreve, Dr. Drake, &c. By Jeremy Collier, A.M.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

Short view of the immorality and profaneness of the English stage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--England.

Theater.

England.

Theater--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

14 unnumbered pages,437 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 8⁰

Edition:

[The fifth edition corrected].

Place of Publication:

London : printed for Samuel Birt at the Bible and Ball in Ave-Mary-Lane, and Thomas Trye near Grays-Inn-Gate in Holborn, MDCCXXXVIII. [1738]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Includes: 'A defence of the Short view of the profaneness and immorality of the English stage', 'A second defence of the Short view of the prophaneness and immorality of the English stage' and 'A farther vindication of the Short view'.

A reissue of the 1730 fifth edition, with a cancel titlepage.

Edition statement from half-title.

With three final advertisement pages for George Strahan, W. Mears and Richard Williamson.

The cancel title was printed by William Bowyer, who also printed the rest of the edition (in 1726); copies were issued with the date 1728, for Strahan, Mears, and Williamson (N36902), and 1730, for Strahan, Williamson, and Osborne (T145867).

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 2528

English Short Title Catalog, T145868.

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