An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespear, compared with the Greek and French dramatic poets. With some remarks upon the misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire.

London, J. Dodsley [etc.] 1769.

2 p. l., 288 p. 21 cm.

LWL 49 1609 23:2: "By Mrs. Robinson Montagu": Horace Walpole's note on title-page. Many of Horace Walpole's marks in text.

Errata: 2d prelim. leaf.

Strawberry Hill Sale, day iii, lot 110, to Thorpe, £36.15.0; offered in Thorpe's Supplement for 1842; purchased by Henry Labouchere, later Baron Taunton; sold by his grandson at Sotheby's, 2 December 1920 (Stanley Sale), lots 454-5, to Quaritch, £248; sold by Quaritch to Sir Leicester Harmsworth.

English

June 01, 2002