Comedias Sueltas Database ID#
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Syracuse University: Special Collections Research Center (SCRC)Avaro
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Syracuse University: Special Collections Research Center (SCRC)Call Number
PQ6225.C691 vol 9Author
Title Page
El avaro, drama jocoso en musica, en dos actos.Arreglado libremente del teatro italiano al español por don Luciano Francisco Comella.
Caption Title
Drama jocoso en música, en dos actosImprint
[Madrid] : En la Librería de Cerro, calle de Zedaceros, y en su puesto, calle de Alcalá, se hallará ésta con la Coleccion de las nuevas, á 2 reales sueltas, en Tomos enquadernados en pasta á 20 reales cada uno, en pergamino á 16 reales, en rústica á 15 reales, y por docenas con mayor equidad. [between 1796 and 1798?]Language(s) of text
SpanishLanguage(s) of original
ItalianTitle In Original Language
AvaroPhysical Description
20 pages ;General Notes
Herrera Navarro lists the play under Luciano Francisco Comella as author, recognizing that this is more than a translation.Lafarga identifies the original work as L'avaro (1775), by Giovanni Bertati.
Publication date based on performance cited in drop title.
Cast list identifies actors, page [1].
Bookseller's advertisement with prices in colophon.
Citation Reference
Herrera Navarro, J. Catálogo de autores teatrales del siglo XVIII, p. 111.Translation reference from: Lafarga, F., ed. El teatro europeo en la España del siglo XVIII, p. 366.
Source of acquisition
Purchased with funds from Library Associates, 1989.Ownership
Antonio Sanchez-Arjona (bookstamp)Biblioteca J. Sanchez-Arjona (bookstamp).