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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;.

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;.
Author: Carey, Henry, 1687?-1743.
Publication: London : printed for S. Bladon, at No. 28, Pater-Noster Row, 1772.

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[2],5-226,[2]p.; 12⁰.

Subject

English fiction > 18th century

Genre/Form

Novels.

Note

H. C. = Henry Carey; Simon Single = Henry Ward.
Includes 'The batchelor's estimate of the expences attending a married life', by Edward Ward; 'The married man's answer to it'; 'None but fools marry, a vindication of the estimate'; and 'A boulster lecture, &c.' - With a final advertisement leaf.
Price from imprint: Price Three Shillings neatly Bourd.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Indexed In (note)

English Short Title Catalog

Reproduction (note)

Electronic reproduction.

OCLC

642507951
ECCO1-T184759

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;.

Imprint

London : printed for S. Bladon, at No. 28, Pater-Noster Row, 1772.

Edition

The fourth edition.

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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English Short Title Catalog, T184759.

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Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.

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T. B. Author

Ward, Henry, comedian.

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