[SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616), subject]. WHALLEY, Peter [and] GUTHRIE, William, et al. Sammelband of Four Eighteenth-Century Works. London: [Various, 1730-1748]. Titles include: An Enquiry into the Learning of Shakespeare. With Remarks on Several Passages of his Plays. In a Conversation between Eugenius and Neander. London: Printed for T. Waller. 1748. 8vo. 84 pp. FIRST EDITION. [And:] GUTHRIE, William. An Essay Upon the English Tragedy... London: T. Waller, [ca. 1747]. 8vo. 34 pp. FIRST EDITION. [And:] [WATERLAND, Daniel]. Advice to a Young Student... London: John Crownfield, 1730. 8vo. [6], 32 pp. EARLY EDITION. [And:] [FREY DE Neuville, (Charles)]. The Funeral Oration upon Cardinal de Fleury... London: M. Cooper, 1748. 8vo. [2], 70 pp. EARLY ENGLISH EDITION. Bound together in contemporary calf, burgundy gilt morocco lettering label on spine. 

The first two works are eighteenth-century studies of Shakespeare. The first is by Whalley, an Oxford-educated schoolmaster who had published a seven-volume set of Ben Jonson's Works (1756). Guthrie, translator and historian, was "more than once referred to by Johnson in terms of some respect..." (DNB). The third work, by the master of Magdalene College, recommends a four-year course of study for a college-going student. The fourth work is a eulogy for Cardinal de Fleury, the effective prime minister under Louis XV. 

Contemporary ownership signature and notes on front endleaves, occasional soiling in text. Fine.