The disappointment: or, The force of credulity : A new American comic-opera, in three acts. /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Second edition, revised and corrected, with large additions by the author. [Four lines of verse]. |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 30036. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | Without music. The authorship has long been disputed. Variously attributed to Andrew Barton (probably a pseudonym), John Leacock, and Thomas Forrest. Most recently and most convincingly attributed to Francis Hopkinson. Cf. Shepard, Mary D. "Forrest's Curious Old Play: or, Hopkinson's Disappointment" in: Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 88 (1994): pages 37-52. Frontispiece engraved by Joseph H. Seymour. Though numbered "II", it is the only plate. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | iv, 3 unnumbered pages, 8-94 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm. (duodecimo) Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |