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Anti-Scriblerus Histrionicus1
Pope, Alexander, 1688-17441
Roberts, John (1712?-1772)1
Shakespeare, William, 1564-16161
Strolling Player1

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An answer to Mr. Pope's preface to Shakespear, in a letter to a friend. : being a vindication of the old actors who were the publishers and performers of that author's plays, whereby the errors of their edition are further accounted for, and some memoirs of Shakespear and Stage-History of his time are inserted, which were never before collected and publish'd

Roberts, John (1712?-1772); Anti-Scriblerus Histrionicus; Strolling player

printed in the year, 1729

Attributed to Roberts in B.M. catalogue. Signed at end of text: Anti-scriblerus Histrionicus. First edition. According to Guerinot, a late reply to Pope's edition of Shakespeare, 1725, perhaps p...

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