Cover title: Polly: written by Mr Gay. Scenes and Costumes by William Nicholson
Beggar's opera
Imprint
London: William Henemann, 1923
Physical Description
xvi, 107 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
General Note
Frontispiece and nine tipped in colour plates accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress.
`Three hundred and eighty copies of this book have been printed on hand-made paper, of which three hundred and fifty copies are for sale and thirty are for presentation.’ [limitation page].
`Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, Bungay, Suffolk’ (Page [109]).
Music selected and arranged by Johann Chrisopher Pepusch.
Contents
I. Polly in disguise -- II. Mrs. Diana Trapes -- III. Molly Brazen -- IV. Mr. Ducat -- V. Culverin -- VI. Morano -- VII. The pyrates' camp -- VIII. Pohetohee.
Copy Note
Copy number 219 of 380 copies. Numbered and signed by the illustrator on the limitation page.
Binding Note
Blue cloth, titled in black and decoration in silver to upper cover and spine. Top edge gilt.
Subject
Illustrated books
18th-century plays
Libretto - English - 18th century
Ballad operas Librettos