Record ID:
111049
Title:
The beggar's opera : as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn-Fields / written by Mr. Gay ... ; to which is added, the musick engrav'd on copper plates.
Published:
London : Printed for John Watts, MDCCXXVIII [1728]
Notes:
T.p.: p. [1] (1st group); "Dramatis personae": p. [2] (1st group); "Introduction": p. [3-4] (1st group); text: p. [1]-58 (2nd group); publisher's advertisement: [2] (3rd group); music: p. 1-16 (4th group).
First ed., earliest issue.
Provenance:
From the library of Harry Glemby, with his bookplate.
Associated names:
Gay, John, 1685-1732. Beggar's opera.
Pepusch, John Christopher, 1667-1752.
Glemby, Harry, former owner.
Watts, John, publisher.
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