Hymen's praeludia: or, Love's master-piece. : Being the first part of that so much admir'd romance, intituled, Cleopatra. Written originally in the French, and now rendred into English by R. Loveday.

Hymen's praeludia: or, Love's master-piece. : Being the first part of that so much admir'd romance, intituled, Cleopatra. Written originally in the French, and now rendred into English by R. Loveday.

Cléopatre. English. Part 1

London : Printed by J[ohn]. G[rismond]. for R. Lowndes, at the White-Lyon in S. Pauls Church-yard, 1654.

[8], 231, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; (8vo)

A translation of: La Calprenède, Gaultier de Coste de. Cléopâtre.

Devoted mainly to the love story of Tyridates, prince of Parthia, and Queen Mariamne; the remaining parts, pts. 2-6 (translated by Loveday), and pts. 7-12 (by different translators), appeared 1654-59.

Printer's name from Wing CD.

With engraved frontis. (plate) signed: Ro: Vaughan sculp:.

Signatures: A⁴ B-P⁸ Q⁴.

Signatures from DFo.

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), L112
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R14303

Great Britain -- England -- London.

157- 003q

Imperfect: lacking frontis., sig.M, and N2-7. Temoin on L1,6. B1 torn, affecting text. Half bound in sheepskin. Provenance: armorial bookplate of Thomas Jolley; bought by the Folger from Marks, 26 May 1956