Miscellanea tragica [manuscript] : Theatrical index of Sentiments & descriptions, ca. 1730.

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Miscellanea tragica [manuscript] : Theatrical index of Sentiments & descriptions, ca. 1730.

By Walter Harte. A commonplace book [Vol. 7 in same series] containing extracts from Shakespeare, Beaumont and Fletcher, Lee, D'avenant, Ben Jonson, Dryden and other dramatists arranged under topics which are indexed. Contains also Dryden's Essay on Tragedy. Two letters of Saintsbury to [George Clinch] regarding this ms are inserted.

231 leaves ; 20 x 16 cm.

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