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The History of Hector, prince of Troy, or, The three destructions of Troy : The first and second time by Hercules, and the third time by the Greeks. Together with the noble actions of Hector, Achilles, the Amazon Queen, and divers other princes.

Accession number
PML 8206.5
Published
[London] : Printed and sold in Aldermary Churchyard London, [between 1770 and 1790?]
Credit line
Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes
First published as 'The famous and renowned history of Hector, Prince of Troy'.
Research by David Stoker suggests a general publication date range spanning from the 1770s to the 1780s for chapbooks bearing the "Aldermary Churchyard" and "Aldermary Churchyard, Bow Lane" imprints, with those bearing the street address "No. 4 Aldermary Churchyard" probably printed sometime after the mid 1770s.
Description
24 p. : ill. (woodcut) ; 16 cm.
Provenance
Bookplate of Henry Cunliffe; autograph of John Heaviside; from the Toovey collection.
Classification
Department