The Beggar's Opera As it is Acted at the Theatre- Royal in Lincolns-Inn-Fields
by GAY, John
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About This Item
London: Watts, 1728. hardcover. good. The Second Edition: To which is Added The Overture in Score; And the Musick prefixed to each Song. 76p., original calf boards, the later spine is mostly missing. London: John Watts, 1728. Second edition.<br/><br/> The first edition printed earlier the same year had 16 pages of engraved music at the end. Here the music is printed in the text in woodcut. Internally a clean, very good copy.<br/><br/>
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- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 166229
- Title
- The Beggar's Opera As it is Acted at the Theatre- Royal in Lincolns-Inn-Fields
- Author
- GAY, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Watts
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1728
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