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An answer to Mr. Pope's preface to Shakespear. In a letter to a friend. Being a vindication of the old actors who were the publishers and performers of that author's plays. Whereby the errors of their edition are further accounted for, ... By a stroling [sic] player

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1729.
Call number: 125820
Creator: Roberts, John (1712?-1772)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (8vo)
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