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
About the item
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).