Songs, &c. in the Burletta of The Bird Catcher: Or, Catch as Catch can. With a Description of the Story of the new Pantomime of Peter Wilkins: or, Harlequin in the Flying World. Also of the new Splend

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British Library

T224241

'Blackenberg; or, spirit of the Elbe' and 'Peter Wilkins: or, harlequin in the flying world' are by Charles Dibdin, junior. The final p. 5 is on a verso; no register or catchwords. Without the music.

[London], 1800. 7, [2],3-4, [2],3-5p.; 8°