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Dido and Aeneas : an opera perform'd at Mr. Josias Priest's boarding-school at Chelsey by young gentlewomen / the words by Mr. Nahum Tate ; the musick composed by Mr. Henry Purcell.

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BibID	283040
Title	Dido and Aeneas : an opera perform'd at Mr. Josias Priest's boarding-school at Chelsey by young gentlewomen / the words by Mr. Nahum Tate ; the musick composed by Mr. Henry Purcell.
Title-Alternative	Dido and Aeneas. Libretto
Creator	Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695
Contributors	Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715; Alpert, Michael,1945-; Van Vliet, Claire; Virgil; Janus Press
Date	1989
Publisher	Newark, Vt. : Janus Press
Description	A deluxe edition of the libretto, which is based on Virgil's Aeneid. Consists of printing and art work on one side of a folded strip and on leaves attached to the strip, in a box containing a pocket holding a compact disc recording of the opera and an empty 2nd pocket to accommodate any other compact disc. "The book can be stood in a line or in a star-circle shape." "300th anniversary publication, April 1989. The first edition of Nahum Tate's libretto... was probably distributed to the audience at the 1st performance... in April 1689." "The text was prepared, typographically designed & handset... by Michael Alpert at the Theodore Press in Bangor, Maine. Printed at the Janus Press in Newark, Vermont by Michael Alpert & Claire Van Vliet... The book structure and box were designed by Claire Van Vliet." "This co-publication of the Janus Press & the Theodore Press is limited to 150 copies." The compact disc is published: [England] : Chandos, p1981. Skidmore has copy no. 16.
Physical Description	[38] p. ; 38 x 17 cm.
Subject(s)	Artists' books Dido (Legendary character)--Drama Aeneas (Legendary character)--Drama
Type	text physical object
Language	eng
Rights	Photographed and posted with permission of the artist.
Date Added	2014-05-08
OCLC number	21763949

BibID	283040_a
Title	Image 1
Rights	Photographed and posted with permission of the artist.
Date Added	2014-05-08

Dido and Aeneas : an opera perform'd at Mr. Josias Priest's boarding-school at Chelsey by young gentlewomen / the words by Mr. Nahum Tate ; the musick composed by Mr. Henry Purcell.

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