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Hymen's præludia, or, Loves master-piece. : Being the six last parts of that so much admired romance intituled Cleopatra

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Type of record: Book

Title: Hymen's præludia, or, Loves master-piece. : Being the six last parts of that so much admired romance intituled Cleopatra

Other titles: Clèopâtre; Love's master-piece

Level: Item

Classmark: BC Lt q/COS

Creator(s): La Calprenède, Gaultier de Coste seigneur de (1663)

Additional creator(s): Coles, John (1623-) (Other); Webb, James (fl. 1658) (Other)

Related people: Coles, John; Webb, James

Publisher: printed by E.M. for A. Moseley

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1663

Language: English

Size and medium: [4], 202, [6], 358, [4], 120, [4], 121-254 p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/270265

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991017898709705181

Collection group(s): English Literature

Description

The dedication at the beginning is signed by John Coles. Sectional titles, dated 1659, precede the second and third divisions of the text (pt.9-10: Printed for Humphrey Moseley and for John Crooke; pt.11-12: Printed for Humphrey Moseley) and each of the three divisions has separate pagination and a separate register. In addition, pt.12 has its own special title-page, with imprint of Humphrey Moseley and date 1659. James Webb signs the dedication of pt.8, and John Davies the dedications of the remaining pts.


Wing (2nd ed.) L122B.

Additional description

With a few ms. notes (17th century) on endpapers and in margins, and bookplate of F.E. Dinshaw

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