Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
June 1905
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/195
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    556 557 558 559 Farce, By Mr. Gay, the second edition, Bernard Lintott, n. d.— THe Brcear’s Opsra, As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in - Liucolns-Inn-Fields, Written by Mr. Gay, To which is Added, the Musick Engrav’d on Copper-Plates, rirst EDITION, printed for John Watts, 1728—Potury: An Opera, Being the Second Part of the Beggar’s Opera, Written by Mr. Gay, printed for Jeffery Walker, n. d.—AcuHILLES, An Opera, As it is Perform’d at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden, Written by the late Mr. Gay, With the Musick prefix’d to each Song, FIRST EDITION, J. Watts, 1733—Tur Bracars Weppine, A New Opera, As it is Acted at the Theatre in Dublin, with great Applause, And at the Theatre in the Hay-Market. ‘T'o which are added the New Prologue and Epilogue, By Mr. Char. Coffey, the second edition, James and John Knapton, 1729—TuH VILLAGE OPERA, As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal, by His Majesty’s Servants, Written by Mr. Jobnson, to which is Added, The Musick to each Song, FIRST EDITION, J. Watts, 1729—Tur FasHIONABLE Lapy ; or, Harlequin’s Opera, in the Manner of a Rehearsal, as it is Perform’d at the Theatre in Goodman’s-Fields, Written by Mr. Ralph, 2b. 1730, wants one leaf of dedication—PuHEBE ; Or, THz Brecears’ Weppine, An Opera, in One Act, As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, By His Majesty’s Servants, FIRST EDITION, James and John Knapton, 1729, in 1 vol. old calf, no other faults are known, but as some pp. of the music to the Beggars’ Opera are cut into, as usual, sold not subject to return full morocco extra, with floreate design on back and sides, g. e. by Zaehnsdorf, fine copy 1845 Studentes, namely suche as bee in their consistent Age, or neere thereunto: Drawen as well out of sundry good and commendable Authours, as also upon reason and faithfull ex- perience otherwise certaynely grounded, Englished by T[homas] N[ewton], black fetter, some margins shaved, russia gilt, very rare sm. 8v0. William How for Abraham Veale, 1574 written by Alexander Green, Gent. FIRST EDITION, a large copy, unbound printed for Robert Crofts at the Signe of the Crown in Chancery-Lane, 1663 *,* An extremely rare play. Eloquent Oratour, woodcut title, black letter, old half calf Thome Bertheletr, 1535 Richard Farmer’s (the Shakespearean commentator’s copy, with his autograph signature, and a bibliographical notice also in his autograph, covering two pages on the fly-leaves. old half calf
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