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All the histories and novels written by the late ingenious Mrs. Behn. Intire in two volumes. Published by Mr. Charles Gildon. The ninth edition, corrected. ...
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BEHN, Aphra (1640--1689)
[Selections. 1751]
All the histories and novels written by the late ingenious Mrs. Behn. Intire in two volumes. Published by Mr. Charles Gildon. The ninth edition, corrected. ...
London (Place), printed for T. Longman, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. Brindley, J. Hodges, C. Corbett, J. Robinson, J. Ward, and J. Wren,, 1751.
2 vols ; 12.4 cm. (12º)
I: xii, 157 [i.e. 257] p.
II: [2], 288 p.
The first collected edition of the novels and histories of the Restoration playwright, propagandist poet and panegyrist, novelist, and translator Aphra Behn was published in London, 1696. From the third edition, 1698, the dedication is signed Charles Gildon. Contents: I: The life and memoirs of Mrs Behn. The history of Oroonoko. The fair jilt. The nun. II: Agnes de Castro. The lover's watch. The ladies looking-glass to dress themselves by. The lucky mistake. Memoirs of the court of the King of Bantam. The adventure of the black lady. ESTC t78604.
Copy Notes In the Soane copy the title-page to vol. II is a duplicate to that of vol. I with the volume number corrected in ink to 'Vol. II'; the contents are otherwise correct for the second volume.
Binding C18th half calf, mottled paper boards, gilt-ruled spine with small star tool and Richard Cosway's monogram 'CR', red morocco spine-label.
Reference Number 1064
Additional Names Cosway, Richard (1740--1821), former owner; Gildon, Charles (1665--1724)
[Selections. 1751]
All the histories and novels written by the late ingenious Mrs. Behn. Intire in two volumes. Published by Mr. Charles Gildon. The ninth edition, corrected. ...
London (Place), printed for T. Longman, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. Brindley, J. Hodges, C. Corbett, J. Robinson, J. Ward, and J. Wren,, 1751.
2 vols ; 12.4 cm. (12º)
I: xii, 157 [i.e. 257] p.
II: [2], 288 p.
The first collected edition of the novels and histories of the Restoration playwright, propagandist poet and panegyrist, novelist, and translator Aphra Behn was published in London, 1696. From the third edition, 1698, the dedication is signed Charles Gildon. Contents: I: The life and memoirs of Mrs Behn. The history of Oroonoko. The fair jilt. The nun. II: Agnes de Castro. The lover's watch. The ladies looking-glass to dress themselves by. The lucky mistake. Memoirs of the court of the King of Bantam. The adventure of the black lady. ESTC t78604.
Copy Notes In the Soane copy the title-page to vol. II is a duplicate to that of vol. I with the volume number corrected in ink to 'Vol. II'; the contents are otherwise correct for the second volume.
Binding C18th half calf, mottled paper boards, gilt-ruled spine with small star tool and Richard Cosway's monogram 'CR', red morocco spine-label.
Reference Number 1064
Additional Names Cosway, Richard (1740--1821), former owner; Gildon, Charles (1665--1724)