"GERARD LANGBAINE'S Account of the English Dramatic Poets, Oxf. 1691." Interleaved; with MS. notes of William Oldys and Bishop Percy, transcribed from "Mr Oldys's own Copy" by George Steevens. Four volumes. Paper; end of XVIIIth cent. On f. 1 b are the signatures of Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, Bart., June, 1800, and T. B. B. Barrett, Oct. 1810; and on f. 2 is a note by Dr. Bliss on the history of the MS. Quarto.
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Gerard Langbaine, junior: English Dramatic Poets. With MS. notes by W. Oldys and Bishop Percy.: 1691.: Printed. George Steevens: Transcript of notes by Oldys to Langbaine's Dramatic Poets: 18th cent. Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore: Notes to G. Langbaine's "English Dramatic Poets": 18th cent. ...