A collection of poems, on various subjects : including The theatre, a didactic essay; in the course of which are pointed out, the rocks and shoals to which deluded adventurers are inevitably exposed. Ornamented with cuts, and illustrated with notes, original letters and curious incidental anecdotes. By Samuel Whyte.

A collection of poems, on various subjects : including The theatre, a didactic essay; in the course of which are pointed out, the rocks and shoals to which deluded adventurers are inevitably exposed. Ornamented with cuts, and illustrated with notes, original letters and curious incidental anecdotes. By Samuel Whyte.

Theatre, a didactic essay

The second edition, carefully revised and conducted through the press, by Edward Athenry Whyte, ..

Dublin : Printed by Robert Marchbank, and sold by Exshaw, Archer, Jones, Moore, Rice, Grueber, Draper, Mercier, &c. and by the editor, 1792 [1794]

[2],vii,[1],vii,[2],iv-x,[1],x-lvi,[2],257,[7],257-343,[1]p.,plate s : port. ; (8vo)

Includes an additional titlepage engraved, reading 'The theatre', etc., and bearing the imprint "Dublin, printed for the editor, Edward Athenry Whyte, 1793".

With a list of subscribers, the addenda to which are dated: April 16th, 1794.

P. xi of the "Preliminary advertisement" is misnumbered ix; pp. xl-xlvii of the "Extracts" misnumbered lx-lxviii; pp. 217, 243 and 319 misnumbered 216, 234 and 119 respectively.

The text is continuous despite the pagination.

First published as 'The theatre, a didactic essay'.

English short title catalogue (ESTC), T91647

Ireland -- Dublin.

PR3765.W53A4 Cage