The beggar's opera. : As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn-Fields. Written by Mr. Gay. The second edition: to which is added the ouverture in score; and the musick prefix'd to each song.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gay, John, 1685-1732.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ballad operas--Librettos.

Ballad operas.

Genre:

Librettos.

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages,8,76 pages : illustrations,music ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for John Watts, at the Printing-Office in Wild-Court, near Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, MDCCXXVIII. [1728]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

In this issue of the second edition there are no press figures; sig. A4r (the fourth unnumbered leaf on the recto) contains 'The names of the Lilliputians' and on the other side the 'Introduction'; p. 45 misnumbered 54.

Braces in title.

Price from imprint: price 1s. 6d.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Lewis, P. E. (ed.): John Gay. The beggar's opera. Edinburgh, 1973, p.33, sixth issue

English Short Title Catalog, T181405.

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