[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce early edition of Carey's "Cupid and Hymen" [on Love and Marriage]. London: 1748

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Carey, Henry. CUPID AND HYMEN: A Voyage to the Isles of Love and Matrimony; Containing a Most Diverting  Account of the Inhabitants... Their Laws, Manners, Customs, Government, &c... and Told in Prose and Verse by the Facetious Harry Carey and Other Persons of Wit and Humor. To Which Are Added... The Batchelor's Estimate of the Expences of a Married Life... by Sir Humphrey Single... and "The Married Man's Answer to the Batchelor's Estimate..." Fifth Edition. (London): Sold at the Exchange, Fleet Street... 1748. 12mo. 95pp. Plus 1 page of publisher's ads. Title printed in red & black. Note: "The Batchelor's Estimate..." and "The Married Man's Answer..." each have their own title pages. Cont. sheep, edges rubbed. Rare.    $500.00 (trade discount allowed)

An allegorical fantasy about the isles of Love and Marriage and what one can expect when venturing thither. All of the early editions are very scarce.

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