Maxims and reflections upon playsDT (In answer to a discourse, Of the lawfullness and vnlawfullness of plays. Printed before a late play entituled, Beauty in distress.) Written in French by the Bp. of Meaux. And now made English. The preface by another hand

All titles

• Maxims and reflections upon playsDT (In answer to a discourse, Of the lawfullness and vnlawfullness of plays. Printed before a late play entituled, Beauty in distress.) Written in French by the Bp. of Meaux. And now made English. The preface by another hand
• Maximes et r'eflexions sur la com'edie. English

People / Organizations

• Jacques Bénigne Bossuet (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for R. Sare, at Grays-Inn Gate, in Holborne, 1699.

Added name

Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726.

Publication year

1699

ESTC No.

R202902

Grub Street ID

80080

Description

[16], 127, 112-118, [2] p. ; 8°.

Note

A translation of: Bossuet, Jacques B'enigne. Maximes et r'eflexions sur la com'edie

A reply to "Lettre d'un th'eologien consult'e par l'auteur pour savoir si la com'edie puet ^etre permise", which has been attributed to Francesco Caffaro

With a final advertisement leaf

A reissue, with cancel title page, of the 1699 edition which has "discourse Of," in title.

Uncontrolled note

Augustan Reprint Society: preface only