The histories and novels of the late ingenious Mrs Behn : in one volume ... together with the life and memoirs of Mrs. Behn / written by one of the fair sex.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689, author.

Contributor:

Bodleian Library, owner.

AM (Publisher), digitiser.

Standardized Title:

Selections. 1696

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--17th century.

English fiction.

Love-letters--Women authors--Early works to 1800.

Love-letters.

Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.

Behn, Aphra.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([30], 82, 81-101, [9], 34, 145-178 [i.e. 180], [6], 38, 23-38, 225-416 pages).

Place of Publication:

London : printed for S. Briscoe, 1696.

Contents:

Oroonoko, or, The royal slave

The fair jilt, or, Prince Tarquin

Agnes de Castro, or, The force of generous love

Lover's watch, or, The art of love

The ladies looking-glass

The lucky mistake

Love-letters

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from scanned document's title page (viewed November 17, 2023).

Agnes de Castro is a translation of: Brilhac, Jean-Baptiste de. Agnès de Castro, nouvelle portugaise, published in 1688 in Amsterdam. Cf. Cioranescu.

The fair jilt, and Agnes de Castro each have separate dated title page and pagination. The lover's watch, The lady's looking-glass, The lucky mistake and the Love-letters by Mrs. A. Behn each have caption title and continuous pagination (pages 225-416). Register is continuous throughout.

Text continuous despite mispaginations.

"Never before printed"

Contains:

Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Oroonoko.

Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Fair jilt.

Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Lover's watch.

Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Ladies looking-glass.

Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Lucky mistake.

Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Love letters.

Brilhac, Jean-Baptiste de. Agnès de Castro. English.