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The devil to pay or, the Wives Metamorphos'd. An opera. As it is perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's servants. Written by the author of The beggars wedding. With the musick prefix'd to each song.

Title
The devil to pay [electronic resource] : or, the Wives Metamorphos'd. An opera. As it is perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's servants. Written by the author of The beggars wedding. With the musick prefix'd to each song.
Author
Coffey, Charles, -1745.
Publication
London : printed for J. Watts, at the Printing-Office in Wild-Court near Lincoln's-Inn Fields, MDCCXXXI. [1731]

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Gale (Firm)
Description
[8],68,[4]p.,plate : ill.,music; 8⁰.
Uniform Title
Eighteenth century collections online.
Subject
Ballad operas > Librettos
Note
  • The dedication signed: Charles Coffey.
  • Adapted, with help from John Mottley, from Thomas Jevon's 'The devil of a wife'.
  • With two final leaves of advertisements.
  • Price from imprint: Price One Shilling and Six Pence.
  • Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642635870
  • T58094
Author
Coffey, Charles, -1745.
Title
The devil to pay [electronic resource] : or, the Wives Metamorphos'd. An opera. As it is perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's servants. Written by the author of The beggars wedding. With the musick prefix'd to each song.
Imprint
London : printed for J. Watts, at the Printing-Office in Wild-Court near Lincoln's-Inn Fields, MDCCXXXI. [1731]
Series
Eighteenth century collections online.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, T58094.
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Full text online - available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
Added Author
Gale (Firm)
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