Dryden

1671 · DC0085F — Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman In the Savoy London: 1671. 1671 pp. 18 89. pp. 49/50 in xerox facsimile. Small candle burn hole in 7 leaves. Modern leather backed boards. 4to. "The preface is Dryden's first important critical essay on comic themes and gives to this play which both Pepys and Evelyn denounced as 'smutty' and 'profane' an importance it would not otherwise have." The play iself is based on : Molières "Le dépit amoureux" and Corneilles "Le feint astrologue" which in turn was taken from "El astrologo fingido" by Calderon. Pforzheimer Cat. 325; Macdonald 75b; Wing D2274. PRICE JUST REDUCED! W151. Language: eng. Hardcover. Good. Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman, In the Savoy (London): 1671. hardcover