All the histories and novels written by the late ingenious Mrs. Behn, entire in one volume. . Viz. I. The history of Oroonoko, or the Royal slave. Written by the command of King Charles the Second. II. The fair jilt, or Prince Tarquin. III. Agnes de Castro, or the force of generous love. IV. The lover's watch, or the art of making love; being rules of courtship for every hour of the day and night. V. The ladies looking-glass to dress themselves by, or the whole art of charming all mankind. VI. The lucky mistake. VII. Memoirs of the court of the King of Bantam. VIII. The nun, or the perjured beauty. IX. The adventure of the black lady. These three last never before published. Together with the history of the life and memoirs of Mrs. Behn. Never before printed. By one of the fair sex. Intermix'd with pleasant love-letters that pass'd betwixt her and Minheer Van Bruin, a Dutch merchant; with her character of the country and lover: and her love-letters to a gentleman in England.
Aphra Behn (1640-1689).
Category
Books
Date
1698
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3107450
Summary
Bibliographic description
[10], 60; 103, [1]; [2], 71, [1], [2], 58, [2], 109, [3], 24, [2], 46; 30, 31, [1], 12 p., [1] leaf of plates . ill.. . 8vo.. Imperfect: wanting frontispiece portrait. Former shelfmark: Bb.4.4 (in blue ink).. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754): Philip Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke in ye County of Gloucester [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754].. Binding: Late seventeenth-century sprinkled calf binding; double blind fillet border, with blind roll pattern along spine-edge; gilt roll on board edges. Rebacked in goatskin, with original green title label retained.
Makers and roles
Aphra Behn (1640-1689). Charles Gildon (1665-1724)