Rymer, Thomas (c. 1643-1713) A Short View of Tragedy; It's Original, Excellency, and Corruption. With some Reflections on Shakespear and other Practitioners for the Stage.
London: Printed and sold by Richard Baldwin, 1693.
First edition, octavo, title page damaged and repaired on verso, remnants of an old armorial bookplate on verso of title; lacking initial blank and single leaf of publisher's ads at the end; bound in modern half calf; 6 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.
Wing R-2429; Wither to Prior 57; Pforzheimer 844; ESTC R17017.
"Sir Sidney Lee maintained, though Macaulay might be correct in judging Rymer 'the worst critic that ever lived,' that from his fanatical extravagances, 'any level-headed student' of drama may derive much amusement and some profit." (Pforzheimer).
Rasmussen-Hines Collection of Shakespeare & Renaissance Literature.
