"Here is observable the honesty of the great Mr. Locke in printing for the purchasers of this edition the improvements made in the second."
Folio.
Collation: A, four leaves; [a], two leaves; B-Z, Aa-Zz, and Aaa-Ccc, in fours.
WILLIAM CONGREVE
(1670-1729)
37. The | Way of the World, | A | Comedy. | As it is Acted | At The | Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, | By | His Majeſty's Servants. | Written by Mr. Congreve. | [Quotation] London: | Printed for Jacob Tonſon, within Gray's-Inn-Gate next | Gray's-Inn-Lane. 1700.
This was the last of Congreve's plays to be performed upon the stage. It was presented by Betterton's company, but was a failure. "The unkind Reception this excellent comedy met with," said Charles Wilson, "was truly the Cauſe of Mr. Congreve's juſt Reſentment; and upon which, I have often heard him declare, that he had form'd a ſtrong Reſolution never more to concern himſelf with Dramatic Writings."
Quarto.
Collation: A, three leaves; a, two leaves; B-N2, in fours.