The Peruvian; A Comic Opera, in Three Acts. As Performed at the Theatre Royal Covent-Garden. By a Lady
by [ENGLISH PLAYS & THEATER]. [Anonymous]
- Used
- Condition
- Title page a little spotted and browned; very good copy.
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About This Item
London: Printed for J. Bell, 1786, 1786. First edition. Sabin 61167; ESTC T43897. Title page a little spotted and browned; very good copy.. 8vo, modern brown quarter calf period style, marbled paper boards, red morocco label, gilt rules and lettering. An opera in part based on Marmontel's Tale of the Coralie, with music by James Hook (1746-1827). A note on the front free endpaper in a learned bookseller's hand attributes the authorship to Harriet Horncastle Hook, the wife of James Hook. She is the acknowledged anonymous author of two other plays James Hook was involved with, The Double Disguise and the Irish Lad (both 1784).
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- The Brick Row Book Shop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27710
- Title
- The Peruvian; A Comic Opera, in Three Acts. As Performed at the Theatre Royal Covent-Garden. By a Lady
- Author
- [ENGLISH PLAYS & THEATER]. [Anonymous]
- Format/Binding
- Sabin 61167; ESTC T43897
- Book Condition
- Used - Title page a little spotted and browned; very good copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- London: Printed for J. Bell, 1786
- Date Published
- 1786
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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