Two tales : the royal slave, and the fair jilt / Aphra Behn ; illustrations by Iris Francis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689, author.

Contributor:

Folio Society (London, England), publisher.

Cambridge University Press, printer.

Jarrold and Sons, binder.

Philip C. Duschnes (Firm), distributor.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slave trade--Fiction.

Slave trade.

Suriname.

Genre:

Fiction.

Stained edges (Binding)

Marbled paper bindings (Binding)

Autographs (Provenance)

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Polyphilus.

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Blado.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[8], 146, [2] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Distribution:

New York : Philip C. Duschnes (Firm)

Manufacture:

Cambridge [Eng.] : Cambridge University Press

Other Title:

Royal slave

Fair jilt

Place of Publication:

London : Folio Society, 1953.

Contents:

Royal slave / Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689

Fair jilt / Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.

Notes:

"This book is set in Poliphilus and Blado types, and printed at the University Press, Cambridge. Binding by Jarrold and Sons... Distributed in the United States by Philip C. Duschnes, New York."--title page verso.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has dustjacket.

OCLC:

3080684