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1832
GUSN-189783
Single sheet title page; discolored/stained/edges torn; lettering in several different fonts; two stamps at bottom; handwritten inscription at upper corner; music on verso.
sheet music
paper (fiber product)
ink
printing (process)
music
Music, Sheet
"DIAVOLO/ A. Rondo from the celebrated Opera of/ FRA DIAVOLO, / The poetry by Rophino Lacy, / Music Composed by / AUBER,/ Arranged for the / PIANO FORTE/ by / S. MILON./ Price 50 cents/ Philadelphia published by J. Edgar 68 So. Fourth Street" (printed)
"Sold by / Hewitt & Co./ 68 Washington Street/ Boston" (stamped)
"Sold by/ H. Prentiss/ No. 3/ Pemberton Hill/ Boston."
"Please to put in the / Shepherd's gift for/ the frontispiece to / this book." (handwritten)
"Entered according to the act of Congress in teh year 1832, by J. Edgar in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States in/ and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania" (printed)
Hewitt & Co. (Vendor)
J. Edgar (Publisher)
11 5/8 x 9 7/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Evelyn Sawyer Tobias
2005.23.12
Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Sheet Music, "No, I will sign no more" Accession Number 2005.23.17
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