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The romp. A musical entertainment, in two acts. Altered from Love in the city, by Mr. Bickerstaffe. As performed with great applause by the Old American Company.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1792 Bic Api 99* 99V.IV
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-1812 10333
- Standardized Title:
- Love in the city; a comic opera
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 27,[1]p. ; 12°.
- Edition:
- Second Philadelphia edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : From the press of Mathew Carey, Jan. 19,--M.DCC.XCIII. [1793]
- Notes:
- Without the music compiled by Bickerstaff and Charles Dibdin.
- Alterations attributed to "Lloyd" [i.e. T.A. Lloyd?] in the British Museum Catalogue.
- Error in paging: p. 12, 13 misnumbered 14, 15.
- Some copies were apparently issued with the titlepage from the first "new" edition, bearing the date: "Oct. 31, - M,DCC,XCII". The advertisements at end, however, point to a publication date after December 1792.
- Bookseller's advertisement, p. [28].
- Local Notes:
- Library copy: Tp. dated 1792
- HSP in LCP.
- Cited in:
- Evans 25192
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