The Novel
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A| BANQUET| FOR| Gentlemen and Ladies:| Consisting of NINE Tragi-Comical| NOVELS,| VIZ.| The Treacherous Friend,| The Jealous Husbands,| The Friendly Cheat,| Jealousy without Cause,| The Prodigal Reclaim'd| and Virginity Restor'd,| The Unfortunate Lovers,| The Cruel Mother,| The Bacchanalians.| Intermix'd with Several| Pleasant and Delightful| Tales and Stories.| [rule]| The Fifth Edition.| [rule]| LONDON:| Printed for Daniel Pratt, at the Bible against| York-Buildings in the Strand. 1718.
[cheap design] frontispiece [wood-cut with three sections; top: two gentlemen with wigs dragging a lady with them, a thirs observes them impotently; center: lady ready to stab herself, a gentleman assisting her; bellow: banquett]/ titlepage/ [2] pp. preface/ p.[1]-174/ 16°.
{L: 12612.a.38}.
{L:} Pierre A. Motteux?
Kurze Geschichten im englischen bürgerlichen Millieu, die Protagonisten haben telling names oder sind nach Stand oder Beruf geführt, Liebeshändel im Zentrum.
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