MARC Record from Miami University of Ohio

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008 900522s1989 vtu 000 0 eng
010 $a89-460605
040 $aDLC$cDLC
049 $aMIA4
050 00 $aML50.P99$bD5 1989
100 1 $aPurcell, Henry,$d1659-1695
240 10 $aDido and Aeneas.$sLibretto
245 10 $aDido and Aeneas :$ban opera perform'd at Mr. Josias Priest's boarding-school at Chelsey by young gentlewomen /$cthe words by Mr. Nahum Tate ; the musick composed by Mr. Henry Purcell
260 $aNewark, Vt. :$bJanus Press,$c1989
300 $a[38] p. ;$c38 x 17 cm. +$e1 sound disc (digital, 4 3/4 in.)
500 $aA deluxe edition of the libretto, which is based on Virgil's Aeneid
500 $aConsists of printing and art work on one side of a folded strip and on leaves attached to the strip, in a box containing a pocket holding a compact disc recording of the opera and an empty 2nd pocket to accomodate any other compact disc. "The book can be stood in a line or in a star-circle shape"--P. [38]
500 $a"300th anniversary publication, April 1989. The first edition of Nahum Tate's libretto ... was probably distributed to the audience at the 1st performance ... in April 1689"--P. [37]
500 $a"The text was prepared, typographically designed & handset ... by Michael Alpert at the Theodore Press in Bangor, Maine. Printed at the Janus Press in Newark, Vermont by Michael Alpert & Claire Van Vliet ... The book structure and box were designed by Claire Van Vliet"--P. [38]
500 $a"This co-publication of the Janus Press & the Theodore Press is limited to 150 copies"--P. [38]
500 $aThe compact disc is published: [England] : Chandos, p1981 (CHAN 8306)
590 $aSpec Collection copy no. 81
650 0 $aOperas$xLibrettos
700 10 $aTate, Nahum,$d1652-1715
700 10 $aAlpert, Michael,$d1945-
700 10 $aVan Vliet, Claire
700 01 $aVirgil.$tAeneis
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945 $g1$j0$lspcfo$nspec$nChloe's, 9/89, 36:221$o-$p$600.00$so$t21$u0$v0$w0$x0$y.i16319874$z11-13-90