COPLESTON, EDWARD

Advice to a Young Reviewer, with a Specimen of the Art. [Bound with:] The Examiner Examined, or Logic Vindicated . . . By a Graduate. [Bound with:] A Reply to the Calumnies of the Edinburgh Review Against Oxford . . . Second Edition. [Bound with:] A Se

      Oxford: Printed for the Author and Sold by J. Cooke and J. Parker, 1807,1809-1811.. First editions except for A Reply, as noted above.. Very good copy.. NCBEL III, 1274. 5 vols in 1, 8vo, modern calf period style, marbled boards, gilt lettering. ! CoplestonOs first five works and a complete set of his famous pamphlets parodying criticism of the day and in particular the methods of the Edinburgh Review. The editors of the Review replied to CoplestonOs first pamphlet, Advice to a Young Reviewer, with their own attack on Oxford, and a war of words ensued with four more replies from Copleston (all present here), defending the Oxford system. Copleston (1776-1849) was the Bishop of Llandaff and a prominent Oxonian. Advice to a Young Reviewer is considered a classic of literary parody and has been reprinted well into the 20th century.