An attempte to rescue that aunciente, English poet, and play-wrighte, Maister Williaume Shakespere : From the maney-errours, faulsely charged on him, by certaine new-fangled wittes; and to let him speak for himself, as right well he wotteth, when freede from the many careless mistakeings, of the heedless first imprinters, of his workes. By a Gentleman formerly of Greys-Inn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holt, John, active 18th century.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism, Textual.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Criticism, Textual.

Physical Description:

94 pages ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for the author, and sold by Messieurs Manby and Cox, on Ludgate-Hill, MDCCXLIX. [1749]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

A gentleman = John Holt.

Largely a discussion of 'The tempest'.

In this issue the titlepage has "Shakespere" followed by a comma and includes a quotation from Pope's 'Observations on Homer'; the verso of the titlepage has an errata list.

Price in square brackets: (Price One Shilling and Six-Pence.)

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:

English Short Title Catalog, T217193.

Access Restriction:

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