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The rise, progress, and termination of the O.P. war : in poetic epistles, or hudibrastic letters, from Ap Simpkins in town, to his friend Ap Davies in Wales : including all the best songs, placards, toasts, &c., &c. which were written, exhibited, and given on the occasion : with illustrative notes

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Type of record: Book

Title: The rise, progress, and termination of the O.P. war : in poetic epistles, or hudibrastic letters, from Ap Simpkins in town, to his friend Ap Davies in Wales : including all the best songs, placards, toasts, &c., &c. which were written, exhibited, and given on the occasion : with illustrative notes

Other titles: O.P. war

Level: Item

Classmark: Roberts Collection/TEG

Creator(s): Tegg, Thomas (1776-1846)

Additional creator(s): Clifford, Henry (1768-1813) (Other)

Related people: Clifford, Henry

Publisher: T. Tegg

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1810

Language: English

Size and medium: xi, 179 p., [1] folded leaf of plates

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/337675

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991011022579705181

Description

Humorous account of the war waged by the advocates for old prices against the proprietors of the new Covent Garden Theatre, 1809-10.


Dedicated to: Henry Clifford.


Caption and running title: The O.P. war.


Includes preface.

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