An enquiry into the genuineness of Prynne’s “Defence of Stage Plays,” &c. together with a reprint of the said tract, and also of Prynne’s “Vindication.” By E.W. Brayley, F.A.S., and F.R.S.L.

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8vo. ff. [2] (blank), pp. [7], 8-16, ff. [26] (blank). Half morocco. Marbled boards with gilt filets, gilt spine title. Inscribed by Brayley to Francis Freeling with the note ‘Only Fifty Copies Printed. No. 36.’ Plates of Francis Felling and I. Johannes Whitefoord Mackenzie. Exposure of the facetious or malicious attribution of the spurious ‘Defence of Stage Plays’ to William Prynne, the great Puritan enemy of stage plays (see Bib# 1294527/Fr# 375 in this collection for a reprint). See also R. W. Lowe, J. F. Arnott & J. W. Robinson, English theatrical literature, 1559-1900. London, 1970, 1008. Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.