The Peruvian; A Comic Opera, in Three Acts. As Performed at the Theatre Royal Covent-Garden. By a Lady.
Place and Imprint: London: Printed for J. Bell, 1786.
Edition: First edition.
Bibliographical References: Sabin 61167; ESTC T43897.
Condition: Title page a little spotted and browned; very good copy.
Book ID: 27710
Physical Description
8vo, modern brown quarter calf period style, marbled paper boards, red morocco label, gilt rules and lettering.Comments
An opera in part based on Marmontel's Tale of the Coralie, with music by James Hook (1746-1827). A note on the front free endpaper in a learned bookseller's hand attributes the authorship to Harriet Horncastle Hook, the wife of James Hook. She is the acknowledged anonymous author of two other plays James Hook was involved with, The Double Disguise and the Irish Lad (both 1784).Price: $375.00