‎LINLEY Thomas the elder ( 1733 - 1795 ) - Richard Brinsley SHERIDAN ( words ) :‎
‎The Duenna or Double Elopement a Comic-Opera As performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden , for the Voice, Harpsichord , or Violin. Price 10s. 6d..‎

‎"8. London, Printed for C. and S. Thompson , N° 75 St. Pauls Church Yard, s.d. ( ca. 1775) , format oblong in-4°, 24 x 31,7 cm, (4)nn pp (engraved title , table of songs) + 60 pp of engraved music (first page unnumbered and blank, as issued). Bound in modern boards covered with tobacco coloured paper, with leather title label on front cover. Nice copy !. The Duenna was the third comedy by Sheridan performed at Covent Garden in 1775, preceded by The Rivals and St. Patrick's Day. With music by his father-in-law ; Thomas Linley, the """"comic opera '' The Duenna was represented at Covent Garden on 21 Nov. 1775 and on seventy-four other nights during the season, a success which was then unprecedented"""" (DNB). Complete vocal score with accompaniment of one instrument. First edition. Bound in at the end; Overture to the nunnery as a lesson for the harpsichord or piano-forte ; engraved catalogue page + pp 2 - 8 with the score, last leaf has been mounted and with some damage."‎

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