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Total number of records: 92

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
English Literature	92
Brotherton Collection	59

Count of Subject

Subject	Count
ballad operas	5
fables, english	4
ballad opera	3
cantatas, secular	1
english letters	1
english literature	1
fables	1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Gay, John (1685-1732)	92
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)	28
Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735)	25
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)	24
Gay, John	12
Pepusch, John Christopher (1667-1752)	5
Pope, Alexander	5
Arbuthnot, John	4
Chaucer, Geoffrey	3
Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400)	3

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1600	2
From 1700	88
From 1800	2

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1799	88
Up to 1899	4

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The beggar's opera

Gay, John (1685-1732); Pepusch, John Christopher (1667-1752); Oxberry, William Henry (1804-1871)

1818

At head of title: Oxberry's edition. "W. Oxberry and Co. printers, 8, White Hart Yard"--Verso of t.p. Pages 37-48 numbered 73-84.

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The beggar's opera

Gay, John (1685-1732)

1787

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The beggar's opera : in three acts

Gay, John (1685-1732); Inchbald, Mrs (1753-1821)

[1808?]

"As performed at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane and Covent Garden. Printed under the authority of the managers from the prompt book."

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Achilles : an opera, as it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden

Gay, John (1685-1732)

1779

Printed in double columns. Without the music.

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The poetical works of John Gay : with the life of the author

Gay, John (1685-1732); Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)

1803?

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The poetical works of John Gay

Gay, John (1685-1732)

1811

Contents: Fables; Trivia; The Shepherd's Week; The Fan; Rural Sports; Acis and Galatea; Epistles; Tales; Eclogues; Songs and Ballads; Elegies; Gondibert; Miscellanies.

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