Edwin and Angelina, or the Banditti

Lot 206
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Lot 206 | Edwin and Angelina, or the Banditti
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SMITH, Elihu Hubbard (1771-1798). Edwin and Angelina; or the Banditti. An Opera, in Three Acts. New York: T. and J. Swords, 1797.

First edition of America's first comic opera. Smith was a member of the Hartford Wits as well as a practicing physician at New York Hospital. This theatrical work, his only play, is an adaptation of the ballad by Oliver Goldsmith. Sabin 82503.

Octavo (200 x 122mm). 72pp. Disbound (sewing perished, a few sheets coming loose from sewing).
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