Matrimonial ceremonies display'd: wherein are exhibited, the various customs, odd pranks, whimsical tricks and surprizing Practices of near One Hundred different Kingdoms and People in the World, now us'd in the celebration and consummation of matrimony. Collected from the papers of an old rich bawdy batchelor; With great Variety of Remarks by him, Serious and Humourous. To which is prefix'd, The comical Adventures of Sir Harry Fitzgerald, who had seven Wives; with the Character of each: A genuine Story. Also an Epigram on Matrimony, in Latin and English, and an Alphabetical Index. Publish'd for the Information and Entertainment of the Ladies and pretty Girls of Great-Britain, not forgetting those of Dublin and Tipperary.

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  • Matrimonial ceremonies display'd: wherein are exhibited, the various customs, odd pranks, whimsical tricks and surprizing Practices of near One Hundred different Kingdoms and People in the World, now us'd in the celebration and consummation of matrimony. Collected from the papers of an old rich bawdy batchelor; With great Variety of Remarks by him, Serious and Humourous. To which is prefix'd, The comical Adventures of Sir Harry Fitzgerald, who had seven Wives; with the Character of each: A genuine Story. Also an Epigram on Matrimony, in Latin and English, and an Alphabetical Index. Publish'd for the Information and Entertainment of the Ladies and pretty Girls of Great-Britain, not forgetting those of Dublin and Tipperary.
  • Cérémonies nuptiales. English
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Imprint
London: printed for W. Reeve, at Shakespear's-Head, near Serjeant's-Inn, in Fleet-Street, [1748]
Publication year
1748-1748
ESTC No.
T80565
Grub Street ID
301619
Description
viii,[2],153,[5]p. ; 12⁰
Note
Anonymous. By Louis de Gaya.

Titlepage in red and black.

With an index.

Price from imprint: price One Shilling.