Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

The Gentleman and lady's key to polite literature, or, A compendious dictionary of fabulous history

containing the characters, and principal actions, ascribed to the heathen gods, goddesses, heroes, &c. and the manner in which the ancients represented the deities & heroes, virtues and vices, in their paintings, statues and gems : together with some account of their poets, and references to the principal places mentioned in their works : intended for the assistance of those who would understand mythology, poetry, painting, statuary and theatrical entertainments, and particularly adapted to the use of Latin and French schools

Author not recorded

First published:
18th century
Language: English
Content type: Juvenile

No ratings yet

Description

No source description yet.

None of the 1 source behind this record supplied a summary of The Gentleman and lady's key to polite literature, or, A compendious dictionary of fabulous history (1761). What the catalog does say:

Traditions: Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Mythology, Dictionaries, Mythology, Classical, Classical literature, Classical dictionaries

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends
Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Mythology”. Retained metadata contains “Mythology” in the subtitle, “Mythology” in the subject metadata, and “Mythology” in the edition subtitle.
- “Mythology”· via Open Library
- “Mythology”· in subtitle
- “Mythology”· in subject
- “Mythology”· in edition subtitle

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

Read & download

Where a scan or ebook exists, it is listed here.

No public full text is known for this record.

None of our sources reported a scan or ebook. It may exist elsewhere — these searches are a good next step.

Buy or borrow

No ISBN on record, so the Amazon link searches by title and author. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. WorldCat shows libraries near you that hold a copy.

Editions

One edition cataloged here.

Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
containing the characters, and principal actions, ascribed to the heathen gods, goddesses, heroes, &c. and the manner in which the ancients represented the deities & heroes, virtues and vices, in their paintings, statues and gems : together with some account of their poets, and references to the principal places mentioned in their works : intended for the assistance of those who would understand mythology, poetry, painting, statuary and theatrical entertainments, and particularly adapted to the use of Latin and French schools Open Library record	1761	Printed for J. Newbery, at the Bible and Sun in St. Paul's Church Yard	English	—	No ebook	Open Library (opens in a new tab) Open Library (opens in a new tab)