Almahide, or, The captive queen : an excellent new romance, never before in English : the whole work / written in French by the accurate pen of Monsieur de Scudery, governour of Nostre Dame ; done into English by J. Phillips gent. ; licensed, March 8. 1675/6, H. Oldenburgh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scudéry, Madeleine de, 1607-1701.

Contributor:

Scudéry, M. de (Georges), 1601-1667

Phillips, John, 1631-1706, translator.

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

Standardized Title:

Almahide. English

Language:

English

French

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Singer, Jacob (donor)

Singer, Leah (donor)

Singer, Godfrey F. (honoree)

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages, 225 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 267 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 107 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 76 pages ; 33 cm (folio)

Other Title:

Captive queen.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by J.M. for Thomas Dring at the Harrow at the Corner Shop at Chancery-Lane end in Fleetstreet, 1677.

Notes:

Authorship is traditionally given to Madeleine de Scudéry. Her brother Georges, with the collaboration of his wife Marie, is also mentioned as a possible author of this work. Cf. BM, v. 217, c. 887.

Printed in double columns. Includes head-pieces. Errors in pagination: 2nd group, 34 and 155 labeled 32 and 145; 3rd group, 83 and 86 labeled 31 and 26; 4th group, 19, 20, 21 and 22 labeled 11, 18, 19, and 14.

Cited in:

Wing S2142

ESTC R226212

Mish, C.C. Engl. prose fiction, 24

OCLC:

6953367