Congreve, William. Amendments of Mr. Collier's false and imperfect citations, &c. : from the Old batchelour, Double dealer, Love for love, Mourning brid@. By the author of those plays

ESTC number: R18926
Folger bibliographic ID: 137925
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library: 192 (variant)
Wing number: C5844
Folger call number: C5844
Folger holdings ID: 129980

Bibliographic format

octavo

General notes

The author of those plays = William Congreve A reply to: Collier, Jeremy. A short view of the immorality and profaneness of the English stage With a half-title The words "Old batchelour, ... Mourning bride" are set in a column to the right of a brace bracket on title page A variant has the preliminary quarter-sheet reprinted and Sig [D6] a cancel. "... the verso of the half-title reads: '[rule] / ADVERTISEMENT. / An Ouersight in reading Superstition / for supposition in Mr. Collier's Book, / p.64. occasion'd a mistake in a small / number of these amendments, which / were first printed off; but in the remain- / der of the Impression, the Remark ground- / ed on that Mistake is omitted, Care being / taken to have that Leaf reprinted. / [rule] /'." In the variant state "a third erratum is added on verso of the title, and a sentence which appears on recto of the cancellandum (p.43) is omitted from the cancellans."--cf. Pforzheimer Catalogue Title page in two settings: line 2 of Latin quote from Salust has (1) "quem morbo" or (2) "quam morbo". Title page with "quem morbo" has 2 errata on verso; title page with "quam morbo" has 3 errata on verso, i.e. the variant delineated above by Pforzheimer Copy filmed is Huntington Library accession #120487, the sophisticated copy Portions of C5844 also available as a digital reproduction

Item information about Folger C5844

cs339. Provenance: inscription: "Reed sale 1807"; Isaac Reed - Richard Heber copy

Extended title: Amendments of Mr. Collier's false and imperfect citations, &c. : from the Old batchelour, Double dealer, Love for love, Mourning brid@. By the author of those plays

Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726. Short view of the immorality and profaneness of the English stage Congreve, William, 1670-1729. Old batchelour Congreve, William, 1670-1729. Double-dealer Congreve, William, 1670-1729. Love for love Congreve, William, 1670-1729. Mourning bride

author: Congreve, William, 1670-1729
former owner: Chalmers, George, 1742-1825
former owner: Heber, Richard, 1773-1833
former owner: Reed, Isaac, 1742-1807
former owner: Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library