The quip modest : a few words by way of supplement to Remarks, critical and illustrative, on the text and notes of the last edition of Shakspeare; occasioned by a republication of that edition, revised ... by the editor of Dodsleys Old plays.

Author/creator Ritson, Joseph
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : printed for J. Johnson, 1788.
Descriptionvii, 1 unnumbered page, 32 pages ; 8⁰.
Supplemental ContentFull text online

General notePreface signed: J. R., i.e. Joseph Ritson.
General noteRefers to Johnson and Steevens' edition of Shakespeare, revised by Isaac Reed.
General noteThe last word of text on the verso of A4: "romances" and last word of text on p. 28 "himself".
General noteIn some copies sig. A4 is a cancel, last word on verso: "vol. iv" and sig. E2 is a cancel, last word of text on p. 28: "proposed".
General noteSome copies contain an additional unpaginated final leaf, signed F, beginning: "P. 11. Since this pamphlet was printed off, .. ".
General noteReproduction of original from the British Library.
References English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT5912.
Reproduction noteJoyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements