Venus and Adonis
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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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1593
Pages
55 pages
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98
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Printed [by W. Stansby] for W. B[arrett]
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ENG, GER, FRE
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