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Stories, moral and comical ... : from hints out of Italian, Spanish and French authors, done into several sorts of English verse and prose, with large additions and embellishments / by T. D'Urfey.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PR3431.D3 S8 1707
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Italian
- Spanish
- Physical Description:
- 14 unnumbered pages, 92 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 105-167 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 181-216 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 221-257 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm (8vo)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by Fr. Leach, and sold by Isaac Cleave ..., [1707]
- Contents:
- (from t.p.) The banquet of the gods
- Titus and Gissippus, or The power of friendship
- The prudent husband, or Cuckoldom wittily prevented
- Loyalty's glory, or The true souldier of honour.
- Notes:
- Each pt. but the first has special t.p.
- Pt. 2 subtitle: Done from a hint out of the Italian prose of the famous Boccace.
- Pt. 3 subtitle: Done from the French of the illustrious Margarite de Valois, Queen of Navarre, into English prose.
- Pt. 4 subtitle: Done from Monsieur de R. S.'s Secret history of China, into blank verse.
- Publication date from NCBEL, v. 2, col. 763.
- Advertisement: last 2 pages.
- Local Notes:
- Contains numerous misprints, including "Gissippns" for "Gissippus" on pt. 2 t.p.
- OCLC:
- 4306965
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