Polly /
John Gay (1685 – 1732)
Category
Books
Date
1923
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3187028
Summary
Bibliographic description
1 libretto (xvi,107, [3] p) : col. ill., music ; 26 cm. Numbered: 380 [of 380, i.e., presentation copy]; signed: William Nicholson. Provenance: endpaper inscribed "To Mrs. Harold Nicolson from Theodore Byard Long Barn July 6th. 1923 [i.e. Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) from Theodore Byard (1871-1931)]. Binding: blue publisher's clother, lettered and decorated in silver and black. (Water damage to binding and endpapers.)
Makers and roles
John Gay (1685 – 1732) Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson (Newark-on-Trent 1872 – Berkshire 1949) John Christopher Pepusch (1667-1752)