A new opera; called, Brutus of Alba: or, Augusta's triumph. : As it is acted at the Theatre, in Dorset-Garden, by His Majesty's Servants.

Brutus of Alba

London : Printed by W. Onley, for Sam. Briscoe, at the corner of Charles-street, near Russel-street, Covent-garden, MDCXCVII. [1697]

[4], 34, 49-63, [1] p. ; (4to)

Anonymous. By George Powell; "written in collaboration with John Verbruggen"--Woodward & McManaway. Cf. also Nicoll, A. A hist. of Eng. drama, 1660-1900, 1961, v. 1, p. 425.
'To Sam. Briscoe, bookseller' is signed and dated: Monday, Octob. 16, 1699 [i.e. 1696]. George Powell, John Verbruggen".
Based on the tragedy of the same name by Nahum Tate.
In verse.
With an advertisement for "A second volume of familiar letters, written by the late Lord Rochester, the Duke of Buckingham, and Sir George Etherege" at foot of title.
Without the music.
The pagination and register are irregular; text is continuous.
The same sheets were reissued in the same year, with the imprint partially reset, with the addition of a singleton (signed A2) containing prologue and epilogue, corrections to the register and pagination, and the correction of the date at the end of the dedication (Wing P3053).

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1980. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 1025:13).
Microopaque. New York, N.Y. : Readex, 1964. 1 microopaque ;23 x 15 cm. (Three centuries of drama. English, 1642-1700) (Three centuries of English and American plays, 1500-1830). Also available in microfiche.

Backlog: 087 RB.23.a.9265; 957 871015p.

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), P3052
Woodward & McManaway, 941
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R32181

Great Britain -- England -- London.

P3052

cs1271. Olive goatskin with gilt tooled turn ins and marbled endpapers; all edges gilt; binding signed by Riviere