A collection of novels and tales of the fairies / written by that celebrated wit of France, the Countess D'Anois : in three volumes ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine), 1650 or 1651-1705.

Contributor:

Auneuil, Louise de Bossigny, Comtesse d'

Murat, Henriette-Julie de Castelnau, comtesse de, 1668-1716.

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Selections. English. 1728

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Fairy tales.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Hooper, Dorothy (autograph)

Physical Description:

3 volumes ; 17 cm (12mo)

Edition:

The second edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for J. Brotherton W. Meadows ... Tho. Edlin ... and Tho. Astley ..., 1722-1728.

Contents:

(from t.p.) v. 1. I. The history of Don Gabriel

II. The royal ram

III. The story of Finetta the cinder-girl

IV. The palace of revenge

V. The story of Anguilletta

VI. The history of Don Ferdinand of Toledo

VII. The story of the yellow dwarf

VIII. The story of young-and-handsome

IX. The history of the new gentleman-citizen

X. The story of the white cat

v. 2. The story of Fortunio, the fortunate knight

II. The story of the pidgeon and dove

III. The story of the Princess Fair-Star, and Prince Cherry

IV. The story of Princess Carpillona

V. Perfect love, a story

v. 3. I. The knights-errant

II. The history of the Princess Zamea, and the Prince Almanzon

III. The history of Prince Elmedorus of Granada, and the Princess Alzayda

IV. The history of Zalmaida, Princess of the Canary-Islands, and the Prince of Numidia

V. The history of the Prince of Mauritania, and the Princess of Castil

VI. The history of the

Notes:

Vol. 3 is from an earlier ed. dated 1722. Title page reads: A collection of novels and tales / written by that celebrated wit of France, the Countess D'Anois : in three volumes ... ; translated from the best edition of the original French, by several hands. London : Printed for W. Mears ... J. Brotherton and W. Meadows ... and W. Chetwood ..., 1722.

Four of the tales in v. 1-2 are by the Comtesse de Murat. The stories in v. 3 are translations of Les chevaliers errans and (part of) La tirannie des fées détruite by the Comtesse d'Auneuil. Cf. Palmer, N. and M., English editions ... Mme D'Aulnoy. Studies in Bibliography, 27 (1974), p. 227-232.

Cited in:

ESTC (RLIN) T128625 (v. 1-2)

ESTC (RLIN) N44572 (v. 3)

McBurney, W.H. Engl. prose fiction, 27c

OCLC:

68196142