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Sammelband of English Ballad Operas, and Other Works, 1720s. Octavo volume containing the following titles: John Gay's, (1685-1732) The Beggar's Opera, London: Printed for John Watts, 1728, with engraved music; Gay's Polly: an Opera, London: Printed for T. Thomson, 1729; Charles Johnson's The Village Opera, London: Printed for J. Watts, 1729; William Rufus Chetwood's The Lovers Opera, London: sold by A. Dodd, 1729; Charles Coffey's The Beggar's Wedding, London: Printed for James & John Knapton, 1729; Gabriel John's Flagellum: or a Dry Answer to Dr. Hancock's Wonderfully Comical Liquid Book, London: Thomas Warner, 1723; [and] William Tunstall's Ballads and Some Other Occasional Poems, London: by E. Berington, 1716; the seven titles bound in contemporary English paneled and speckled calf, boards detached, 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.
