A Short View of the Immorality, and Profaneness of the English Stage. Together with: Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects. In Two Parts.

Jeremy Collier. Three volumes in Two. A Short View of the Immorality, and Profaneness of the English Stage, Together with The Sense of Antiquity upon this argument, by Jeremy Collier, M.A. London: Printed for S. Keble at the Turk s Head in Fleetstreet, R. Sare at Gray s-Inn-Gate, and H. Hindmarsh against the Exchange in Cornhil, 1698. The volume is paginated as follows: [16], 288 p. The volume collates: A-T8 Complete. The First Edition. Wing C5263 Bound in contemporary blind stamped calf, Cambridge Style. Re-backed to style with six panels and five raised blind ruled bands. A red leather hand-stamped lettering piece in the second compartment from the top. Boards a bit scuffed with corners starting. Contemporary endpapers retained. 19th C label for James R Ferguson. Internally the pages are generally clean with no watermarks. A bit of foxing and the odd stain but generally very good. The volume measures 20 x 12.5 x 3 cm. Each leaf measures 194 x 115 mm. TOGETHER WITH Jeremy Collier Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects. In Two Parts. Part I. Upon Pride. Upon Cloaths. Upon Duelling. Upon General Kindness. Upon the Office of a Chaplain. Upon the Weakness of Human Reason. Part II. Of Fame. Of Musick. Of the Value of Life. Of the Spleen. Of Eagerness of Desire. Of Friendship. Of Popularity. A Thought. Of the Entertainment of Books. Of Confidence. Of Envy. Of the Aspect. Against Despair. Of Covetousness. Of Liberty. Of Old Age. Of Pleasure. By Jeremy Collier, M.A. The Third Edition. London: Printed for R. Sare at Grays-Inn-Gate in Holborn, and H. Hindmarsh against the Royal-Exchange in Cornhill, 1698. The volume is paginated as follows: [8], 246, [2]; [8], 200 p. The volume collates (A)4, B-Q8, R4, A-N8 Complete. The Third Edition. Wing C5254 Complete with the advertising leaf after Part I. Part 2 has separate dated title page, pagination, and register. Originally published with titles "Miscellanies" (1694; Wing C5256) and "Miscellanies upon moral subjects. The second part" (1695; Wing C5257). BOUND WITH Jeremy Collier. A Short View of the Immorality, and Profaneness of the English Stage, Together with The Sense of Antiquity upon this argument, by Jeremy Collier, M.A. The Fourth Edition. London: Printed for S. Keble at the Turk s Head in Fleetstreet, and R. Sare at Grays-Inn-Gate in Holborn, MDCXCIX. [1699] The volume is paginated as Follows: [16], 288 p. The volume collates: A-T8 Complete. The Fourth Edition. Differs from the first as the initial title, preface and contents take up only (14) pages (7 leaves), with and extra leaf (2) of advertisements not present in the first edition. Wing C5266 Bound in full contemporary blind stamped calf. The boards a bit scuffed with the corners bent. A rather attractive blind stamp in black design on the boards. The spine in five gilt lined compartments with four raised bands. With a red lettering piece in the second compartment from the top. The spine cracked in the middle affecting the label, but the cords quite sound and holding firm. Scrap 16th C. text pasted to front and rear board, contemporary endpapers. Internally very good to near fine with very faint foxing throughout. The volume measures 19.2 x 12 x 5 cm. Each leaf measures 185 x 113 mm.…