Songs of the gondola
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Front cover comprises of a view of Venice, with a couple awaiting to alight a gondola, circa 1832. Songs of the gondola No. 8 - "Gay hearts are bounding"; duet written by Chas Jefferys, composed and arranged by S Nelson and published by Leoni Lee. The price of the edition was 2 shillings and sixpence.
Another sheet in the Songs of the Gondola series, "Day is Gently Breaking" was published in 1832 in New York by James L. Hewitt.https://dcr.lib.unc.edu/record/35c4fa58-f8c9-4ef2-bea4-6842c5fdd9dc