Author: de Loitte, Vinia (Comtesse de Vilme Heutmont).
Publisher: Sydney: Whitmark’s Ltd [printers].
Format: Softcover octavo, staple bound booklet in blue wrappers, annotated “I am a child of nature” and signed in ink by de Loitte on title page, 39pp, 26 x 16cm.
Title continues “Being a short account of the stories of the opera and of their production and revivals in Australia, 1879–1937. 25th edition.”
Lavinia Florence de Loitte (1881–1962) was an Australian Gilbert and Sullivan singer, writer and philanthropist known throughout her career as Vinia de Loitte. She was also known by her title, Comtesse de Vilme-Hautmont (also spelled Heutmont).
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