The Elements of Dramatic Criticism [First Edition]

William Cooke. The Elements of Dramatic Criticism. Containing an Analysis of the Stage Under the Following Heads, Tragedy, Tragi-Comedy, Comedy, Pantomime, and Farce. With a Sketch of the Education of the Greek and Roman Actors; Concluding with Some General Instructions for Succeeding in the Art of Acting. London: Printed for G. Kearsley and G. Robinson, 1775. First edition. Octavo. [8], [xii], 216pp. Title-page vignette. Errata. Contemporary green half-calf over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, edges speckled red. "Cooke's work represents a useful codification of Aristotelian aesthetics filtered through a mind to whom experimentation and doubt seem to be complete strangers" (John Valdimir Price, writing in the Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century British Philosophers). . Spine rubbed and darkened; sticker remnant to lower spine; light rubbing, soiling, and wear to boards; hinges lightly cracked; endleaves foxed and wrinkled; minor interior toning. Very good.