Item #311036 Extracts from the writings of divers eminent authors, of different religious denominations; and at various periods of time, representing the evils and pernicious effects of stage plays, and other vain amusements. Lindley Murray.

PERNICIOUS THEATRE

Extracts from the writings of divers eminent authors, of different religious denominations; and at various periods of time, representing the evils and pernicious effects of stage plays, and other vain amusements.

Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph James, in Chesnut-Street, 1789.

Price: $225.00


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First separate edition. 15, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. PERNICIOUS THEATRE. Unbound. Brittle, large chip to last leaf with loss of a few words in final paragraph, old dampstain to upper margin throughout. Evans, 21813; ESTC W32264.

Item #311036

Compiled by the Quaker lawyer and grammarian Lindley Murray (1745-1826), and first published as an appendix to his "The Power of Religion on the Mind" (1787).