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DRYDEN, JOHN. Of Dramatick Poesie, An Essay.By John Dreyden [sic]. [8], 51 pages. 4to, 215x162 mm, 19th-century cloth; contents toned and foxed, 19th-century catalogue cutting taped to front free endpaper. Signatures of J. R. Arding of Merton College, Oxford, dated 1787, and William Augustus White, dated 1887. London: Henry Herringman, 1684
Second edition of Dryden's 1668 essay in dialogue form on writing for the stage, "the first great sustained work in English dramatic theory" (DLB). Lowe-Arnott-Robinson 3693; Macdonald 127bi; Wing D2328.
