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An Imaginary Conversation on the Injurious Effects of Gambling

COLLIER, JEREMY.

An Essay Upon Gaming, in a Dialogue Between Callimachus and Dolomedes.

Place and Imprint: London: Printed by J. Morphew, 1713.
Edition: First edition.
Bibliographical References: ESTC 66953; Goldsmiths' 5090; not found in NCBEL.
Condition: Edges slightly rubbed; fine copy.
Book ID: 28901

Physical Description

8vo, modern brown half calf period style, marbled paper boards, gilt lettering. With half-title.

Comments

A discussion about the injurious effects of gambling on the character and the purse in a dialogue between Callimachus and Dolomedes, set in early 18th century England. Jeremy Collier (1650-1726) was famous for his A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage and the "Collier Controversy" that ensued. This dialogue was later collected in Collier's Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects (1720).

Price: $750.00