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The new history of the Trojan wars and Troy's destruction : in four books : containing, I. An account of the birth, life, death, and glorious actions, of the mighty Hercules of Greece ; II. The renowned and valiant deeds of the most famous Hector of Troy ; III. The rape of fair Helen of Greece, together with the last destruction of Troy, by the stratagem of the wooden-horse ; IV. The arrival of Brute in Britain, and how he conquer'd Albion and his giants, and built Troy-novant, now London.

Accession number
PML 8212.1
Published
London : Printed for J. Hodges, over against St. Magnus's Church, London-Bridge, and J. Fuller, in Ave-Maria-Lane, [1750?]
Credit line
Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes
Date suggested by ESTC.
"The siege of Troy' is an adaptation of Elkanah Settle's 'Virgin prophetess, or, The fate of Troy."
Signatures: A-F¹².
Description
144 p. : ill. (woodcut) ; 16 cm
Provenance
Bookplate of Henry Cunliffe; autograph of John Heaviside; from the Toovey collection.
Binding
Beige cloth; PML8205-19 bound as a uniform set, with binder's title on spine: Minor historians.
Classification
Department