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035 $a(OCoLC)181101064
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn181101064
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099 $aG.4014.43
099 $aG.4014.44
130 0 $aFairy queen.$kLibretto.
245 14 $aThe fairy-queen :$ban opera : represented at the Queen's-Theatre by Their Majesties Servants.
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted for Jacob Tonson, at the Judges-Head, in Chancery-Lane,$c1692.
300 $a[6], 52 p. ;$c22 cm (4to)
500 $aLibretto only. The music was written by Henry Purcell (cf. New Grove). Libretto (based on Shakespeare's Midsummer night's dream) perhaps by E. Settle (cf. Loewenberg, A. Annals of opera, 1597-1940; Brown, F.C. Elkanah Settle, p. 95-96).
500 $a"Where you may have compleat sets of Mr. Dryden's Works in four volumes; the plays in the order they were written"--At foot of title page.
500 $aIn this issue there are [6] preliminary pages: page [1], title page; page [2], blank; pages [3]-[4], preface; page [5], prologue; page [6], "The names of the persons."
500 $aQuire B in 2 settings. B1r, stage directions begin: setting 1) "Enter Duke", or setting 2) "Enter Quince". Quire G in 2 settings. G1r, line 4 has: setting 1) "flower", or setting 2) "Flower."
510 4 $aBoston Public Library. Catalogue of the Barton Collection,$cShakespeare, entry 496
510 4 $aEnglish Short Title Catalogue$cR226558
510 4 $aWing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.),$cS2681
583 $aCataloged$c20151130$kjmoschella
590 $aBoston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy G.4014.43 halfbound in early, combed marbled papers with a vellum spine and calf corners. The title is stamped lengthwise in gilt on a black spine label. The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedown. An early, three-letter inscription is present on the title page. In this copy, B1r is in setting 1 and G1r is in setting 2. The preliminaries are bound in the following order: title page, prologue leaf, preface leaf. This copy is trimmed closely, with some losses to catchwords and signatures.
590 $aBoston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy G.4014.44 measures 23 cm and is halfbound in black morocco with the title stamped lengthwise along the spine. The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedown. A single sheet of bibliographical notes, in the hand of T.P. Barton, is bound-in before the title page. In this copy, B1r is in setting 1 and G1r is in setting 2. The preliminaries are bound in the following order: title page, preface leaf, prologue leaf. This copy is largely untrimmed.
650 0 $aOperas$vLibrettos$vEarly works to 1800.
655 7 $aArmorial Bookplates (Provenance)$2rbprov$5MB
655 7 $aInscriptions (Provenance)$2rbprov$5MB
700 1 $aPurcell, Henry,$d1659-1695,$ecomposer.
700 1 $aSettle, Elkanah,$d1648-1724,$eattributed name,$elibtrettist.
700 1 $aShakespeare, William,$d1564-1616.$tMidsummer night's dream.
700 1 $aTonson, Jacob,$d1656?-1736,$ebookseller.
700 1 $aBarton, Thomas Pennant,$d1803-1869,$eformer owner.$5MB
752 $aGreat Britain$bEngland$dLondon.
852 $aBPL - Special Collections $bNonfiction - In Library Use Only$hG.4014.43$kRARE BKS$o9$p39999085497806$rOut$uDec 17 2018 $wBook$y1$1Mar 22 2016 $7False$90
852 $aBPL - Special Collections $bNonfiction - In Library Use Only$hG.4014.44$kRARE BKS$o9$p39999085497814$rOut$uDec 17 2018 $wBook$y1$1Mar 22 2016 $7False$90
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