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[MIRTIL]. The Loves of Mirtil, Son of Adonis; A Pastoral.

London. [s.n.], 1770. First edition.
8vo. [2], iv, [4], 139pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and title, and five further engraved plates. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, gilt. Extremities rubbed. Ink inscription to recto of FFEP; 'Mary Kelly, Easter 1957', some spotting to plates.
An English translation of the anonymous Les amours de Mirtil (Constantinople [i.e. Paris], 1761).

Scarce in the British Isles, with ESTC locating copies at Brighton, BL, and Oxford, and 13 further copies worldwide.
ESTC T118871.
£ 200.00 Antiquates Ref: 13930