Accession number
PML 5372
Creator
D'Avenant, William, Sir, 1606-1668.
Published
London : Printed for Henry Herringman ..., 1663.
Credit line
Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Notes
The second part has special t.p. and separate paging.
Recited to music, hence sometimes called the first English opera. First presented in 1656.
Collation: A1[superscript]2 Title, A1[superscript]b, A3[superscript]a-A3[superscript]b Dedicatory Epistle, A4[superscript]a Persons represented, A4[superscript]b blank; second A1[superscript]a, Second title, A1[superscript]b blank, A2[superscript]a-A3[superscript]a scene directions, A3[superscript]a-F4[superscript]b text.
Third ed. - the first part.
The only copy known with both joint titles to the whole work.
Signatures: A4, A-F4; the 2d and 3rd leaf in the first signature cropped and signature-marks and catch-words missing; Pagination begins on the second A2a and ends correctly with 46 on F4[superscript]bb; p. 13 not numbered.
Recited to music, hence sometimes called the first English opera. First presented in 1656.
Collation: A1[superscript]2 Title, A1[superscript]b, A3[superscript]a-A3[superscript]b Dedicatory Epistle, A4[superscript]a Persons represented, A4[superscript]b blank; second A1[superscript]a, Second title, A1[superscript]b blank, A2[superscript]a-A3[superscript]a scene directions, A3[superscript]a-F4[superscript]b text.
Third ed. - the first part.
The only copy known with both joint titles to the whole work.
Signatures: A4, A-F4; the 2d and 3rd leaf in the first signature cropped and signature-marks and catch-words missing; Pagination begins on the second A2a and ends correctly with 46 on F4[superscript]bb; p. 13 not numbered.
Description
2 pts. ([8], 46; [4], 61, [2] p.)
Provenance
From the Theodore Irwin collection.
Binding
3/4 red morocco.
Classification
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Department