The fortunate and unfortunate lovers: or the history of the lives, fortunes, and adventures of Dorastus and Fawnia, Hero and Leander. Made English from the originals, written in the Bohemia and Grecian tongues, by a gentleman, Who spent many Years in travelling through most Parts of Germany, Bohemia, Greece and Italy, where these Stories are in as much Credit and Repute, as any that are now Extant, or ever were Printed [electronic resource].

London : printed for E. Midwinter on London-Bridge, [1735?]

Great Britain -- England -- London.

English

[12] ,58, [8] ,66 p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 12⁰.

The preface signed: Hugh Stanhope; usually considered to be a pseudonym for William Bond.
'The fortunate lovers: or the history of Dorastus,Prince of Sicily. and Fawnia, only daughter and heir to the King of Bohemia' has a sparate title page (A6r) with at foot: Written in the year MDCCXXVII [1727]; 'The unfortunate lovers: or the history of Hero, only daughter to Armelius Prince of Sestos. and Leander, Prince of Abydos' has a separate title page (D7r) and pagination, register is continuous.
Another edition is dated 1735.
The general title page and the title page to the 'The unfortunate lovers' are both preceded by a woodcut frontispiece.
With a preliminary advertisement leaf.
Signatures: A⁶ B-F¹ G⁶.
Reproduction of original from William Andrews Clark Memorial Library (UCLA).

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English Short Title Catalog, N18649.

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

Musaeus, Grammaticus. Hero and Leander. English.

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