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The disappointment: or, The force of credulity. A new American comic-opera, in three acts. By Andrew Barton, Esq.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1796 For Aa796 P51
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1796 For Vt 1134
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791 1848
- Leacock, John, 1729-1802 14182, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- iv, [3], 8-94, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 12°.
- Edition:
- Second edition, revised and corrected, with large additions by the author. [Four lines of verse].
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Printed for and sold by Francis Shallus no. 40, Vine-Street, M.DCC.XCVI. [1796]
- Notes:
- Without music.
- The authorship has long been disputed. Variously attributed to Andrew Barton (probably a pseudonym), John Leacock, and Thomas Forrest. Most recently and most convincingly attributed to Francis Hopkinson. Cf. Shepard, Mary D. "Forrest's Curious Old Play: or, Hopkinson's Disappointment" in: Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 88 (1994): p. 37-52.
- Frontispiece engraved by Joseph H. Seymour. Though numbered "II", it is the only plate.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP. Historical Society Vt 1134 has defective t.p.
- Cited in:
- Evans 30036; Hill, F.P. Amer. plays, 13
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