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Adonis is a youth of unsurpassed beauty. A hunter. The goddess Venus, sees him and falls madly in love with him. Venus's love becomes boundless and without limit and Adonis rejects her even though she is a beautiful goddess and the goddess of love. And thereby hangs a tale. The story is told through the lamentations of Venus for Adonis's rejection of her love.
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Venus and Adonis
1607, [By R. Raworth] for VVilliam Leake, dwelling at the signe of the Holy Ghost, in Pauls Churchyard
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Edition Notes
Dedication signed: William Shakespeare.
In verse.
Printer's name and suggested actual publication date from STC.
Signatures: A-C D⁴ (-D4).
In this edition A2r catchword: "and"; on title page the top of "l" in "plena" is below left of tail of "g" in "vulgus".
Some pages torn.
Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.
STC (2nd ed.) 22360.
Available electronically as part of Early English books online.
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1978. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1495:06).
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