Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Amours of William Congreve, Esq; Interspersed with Miscellaneous Essays, Letters and Characters, Written by Him. Also, Some very Curious Memoirs of Dr. Dryden and his Family, with a Character of Him and his Writings, by Mr. Congreve. Compiled from their Respective Originals by Charles Wilson Esq. [pseud].
London: Printed [for Edmund Curll] in the Year 1730. First edition. ESTC T96952; Lowe, English Theatrical Literature, 2642; NCBEL II, 751; MacDonald, Dryden, 332. ¶ The first attempt at a biography of playwright and author William Congreve (1670-1729), attributed by Ralph Straus in The Unspeakable Curll, to historian and dramatist.....