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 lovers watch, or the art of making love; being rules for 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.

People / Organizations

• Aphra Behn (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for R. Wellington, at the Lute in St. Paul's Church-yard: and are to be sold by R. Tuckyr, at the Golden Leg, the corner of Salisbury Street, in the Strand, 1700. Where you may be furnish'd with all sorts of novels and plays, [1700]

Publication year

1700-1700

ESTC No.

R216994

Grub Street ID

91835

Description

[10], liv, 464 p. ; 8⁰

Note

With a dedication by Charles Gildon.

With an initial advertisement leaf for R. Wellington.

The sections numbered in the title from II to VIII each have a titlepage (integral to the work) dated 1699.

Signatures: a?(-a1,2+chi?) b-d? A-2F?.

Uncontrolled note

In all probability a reissue of the 1699 Behn edition (Wing 2nd ed. B1713), with cancel titlepage - verify