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Cupid and Hymen a voyage to the isles of love and matrimony. Containing A most Diverting Account of the Inhabitants of those Two Vast and Populous Countries, their Laws, Customs, and Government. Interspersed With many useful Directions and Cautions how to avoid the dangerous Precipices and Quicksands that these Islands abound with, and wherein so many Thousands, who have undertaken the Voyage, have miserably perished. By the facetious H. C. and T. B. To which are added, a map of the island of marriage; The Batchelor's Estimate of the Expences attending a Married Life. The Married Man's Answer to it; None but Fools Marry, a Vindication of the Estimate; and a Boulster Lecture, &c. By Simon Single, Esq; The fourth edition.

Title
Cupid and Hymen [electronic resource] : a voyage to the isles of love and matrimony. Containing A most Diverting Account of the Inhabitants of those Two Vast and Populous Countries, their Laws, Customs, and Government. Interspersed With many useful Directions and Cautions how to avoid the dangerous Precipices and Quicksands that these Islands abound with, and wherein so many Thousands, who have undertaken the Voyage, have miserably perished. By the facetious H. C. and T. B. To which are added, a map of the island of marriage; The Batchelor's Estimate of the Expences attending a Married Life. The Married Man's Answer to it; None but Fools Marry, a Vindication of the Estimate; and a Boulster Lecture, &c. By Simon Single, Esq; The fourth edition.
Author
Carey, Henry, 1687?-1743.
Publication
London : printed for J. Brown, in Holiday-Yard, Creed Lane, Ludgate-Street; J. Williams, No. 38, and W. Pridden; W. Cooke, and Mrs. Weller, at the Royal Exchange, [1772]

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Additional Authors
  • T. B.
  • Ward, Henry, comedian.
Description
[2],5-226,[2]p.,plate; 12⁰.
Subject
  • Marriage > Early works to 1800
  • Marriage customs and rites > Early works to 1800
Note
  • H. C. = Henry Carey; Simon Single = Henry Ward.
  • Includes 'The batchelor's estimate of the expences of a married life', by Edward Ward; 'The married man's answer to the batchelor's estimate'; 'None but fools marry'; and 'Art asleep husband?'.
  • With a final advertisement leaf.
  • Price from imprint: Price Three Shillings Bound.
  • Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642356419
  • ECCO1-T128503
Author
Carey, Henry, 1687?-1743.
Title
Cupid and Hymen [electronic resource] : a voyage to the isles of love and matrimony. Containing A most Diverting Account of the Inhabitants of those Two Vast and Populous Countries, their Laws, Customs, and Government. Interspersed With many useful Directions and Cautions how to avoid the dangerous Precipices and Quicksands that these Islands abound with, and wherein so many Thousands, who have undertaken the Voyage, have miserably perished. By the facetious H. C. and T. B. To which are added, a map of the island of marriage; The Batchelor's Estimate of the Expences attending a Married Life. The Married Man's Answer to it; None but Fools Marry, a Vindication of the Estimate; and a Boulster Lecture, &c. By Simon Single, Esq; The fourth edition.
Imprint
London : printed for J. Brown, in Holiday-Yard, Creed Lane, Ludgate-Street; J. Williams, No. 38, and W. Pridden; W. Cooke, and Mrs. Weller, at the Royal Exchange, [1772]
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, T128503.
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Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
Added Author
T. B. Author
Ward, Henry, comedian.
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