The disappointment: or, The force of credulity.
Subtitle: A new American comic-opera, in three acts.
By: By Andrew Barton, Esq.
Contributors: Leacock, John.; Seymour, Joseph H., engraver.
Edition: Second edition, revised and corrected, with large additions by the author. [Four lines of verse]
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 30036.
Publisher: Printed for and sold by Francis Shallus no. 40, Vine-Street.
Published: 1796
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 94
Subjects: Operas -- Librettos.
Notes: Without music.

The authorship is disputed. Variously attributed to Andrew Barton (probably a pseudonym), John Leacock, and Thomas Forrest. The attribution to Forrest is most commonly accepted. Cf. the critical edition of this work, edited by David Mays (University Presses of Florida, 1976, p. 8-12)

Signatures: [A]œ́ B-Hœ́ (H6 verso blank)

Frontispiece engraved by Joseph H. Seymour. Though numbered "II", it is the only plate.

Evans 30036.

Hill, F.P.  Amer. plays, 13.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 30036)