Collier (Jeremy). A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage: together with the Sense of Antiquity upon this Argument, 2nd edition, for S. Keble, R. Sace, and H. Hindmarch, 1698, bound with: Settle (Elkanah), A Defence of Dramatick Poetry: being a Review of Mr. Collier's View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the Stage, 1st edition, for Eliz. Whitlock, 1698, 2 works in 1 volume, front free endpaper loosening, Collier's work signature L1 with marginal paper-flaw obscuring a side-note, Settle's work with half-title, light marginal spotting towards rear, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed and calf, spine-label renewed, small section of restoration to front board, 8vo (18.6 x 11.8 cm) (Qty: 1) Arnott & Robinson 285 & 304; ESTC R10121 & R16098; Wing C5264 & S2675bA; cf. Pforzheimer 189 (Collier, first edition). True second edition of Collier's famous polemic, entirely reset, with the catch-word 'thought' on A2 recto. There was another 'second edition', really a re-issue of the first edition with a cancel title-page, in which the catch-word is 'It'. For Sir John Vanbrugh's riposte to Collier see the following lot.
Collier (Jeremy). A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage: together with the Sense of Antiquity upon this Argument, 2nd edition, for S. Keble, R. Sace, and H. Hindmarch, 1698, bound with: Settle (Elkanah), A Defence of Dramatick Poetry: being a Review of Mr. Collier's View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the Stage, 1st edition, for Eliz. Whitlock, 1698, 2 works in 1 volume, front free endpaper loosening, Collier's work signature L1 with marginal paper-flaw obscuring a side-note, Settle's work with half-title, light marginal spotting towards rear, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed and calf, spine-label renewed, small section of restoration to front board, 8vo (18.6 x 11.8 cm) (Qty: 1) Arnott & Robinson 285 & 304; ESTC R10121 & R16098; Wing C5264 & S2675bA; cf. Pforzheimer 189 (Collier, first edition). True second edition of Collier's famous polemic, entirely reset, with the catch-word 'thought' on A2 recto. There was another 'second edition', really a re-issue of the first edition with a cancel title-page, in which the catch-word is 'It'. For Sir John Vanbrugh's riposte to Collier see the following lot.
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