And spare the rod—altho’ you Spoil the Child.

BARKER and SON

Respectfully inform the Public, they have a Collection of Plays on Sale, which, considered either as to its Extent or Rarity, has scarcely been equalled, having been upwards of Thirty Years in forming, principally from the Libraries of

—— SHELDON, ESQ. MAJOR PEARSON DR. WRIGHT MR. DODD MR. MACKLIN MR. HENDERSON DUKE OF BRIDGEWATER DR. FARMER G. STEVENS, ESQ. &c. &c. &c.

In this Assemblage will be found the original Editions of our most valuable Writers; as,

SHAKESPEARE JONSON CHAPMAN HEYWOOD MIDDLETON WEBSTER BEAUM. & FLETCHER MASSINGER SHIRLEY DAVENANT GLAPTHORNE KILLIGREW, &c. &c.