Start Over Please hold this item Export MARC Display Return To Browse
 
     
Limit search to available items
Record: Previous Record Next Record
Author Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.
Title Histories, novels, and translations, / written by the most ingenious Mrs. Behn ; the second volume, the greatest part never before printed ...
Related title Theory or system of several new inhabited worlds, lately discover'd and pleasantly describ'd.
Essay on translation and translated prose.
History of oracles, and cheats of the pagan priests fully discover'd.
Unfortunate bride, or, The blind lady a beauty.
Blind lady a beauty.
Dumb virgin, or, The force of imagination.
Unfortunate happy lady.
Wandring beauty, or, The lucky fair one.
Unhappy mistake, or, The impious vow punish'd.
Publication Info London : Printed by W.O. for S.B. and sold by M. Brown ..., M.DCC [1700]


Click on the following to:
Connect to http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&res_id=xri:eebo&rft_val_fmt=&rft_id=xri:eebo:image:39419
Connect to http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&res_id=xri:eebo&rft_val_fmt=&rft_id=xri:eebo:image:39422
Persistent link to this item
Click link and copy URL from browser navigation toolbar

Descript [6], ix, [5], 98, 20, [10], 146, [4], 18, [4], 63-97, [5], 2, 21-61, [3], 33, [7], 37-87 p., [1] leaf of plates : port.
Note Imperfect: copy at reel 1787:8 stained, torn, t.p. mutilated, and lacking frontispiece port. of Mrs. Behn.
This item appears at reel 857:25 incorrectly identified as Wing B1714, and at reel 1787:8 as Wing (2nd ed.) B1711A.
Each work except the second has special t.p.; some works have separate paging; some works appear separately and have been cataloged separately.
Reproduction of original in Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
Contents 1. A theory or system of several new-inhabited worlds lately discover'd and pleasantly describ'd, in five nights conversation with Madam the Marchioness of ****. Written in French by the famous Mons. Fontanelle. -- 2. An essay on translation and translated prose. -- 3. The history of oracles, and cheats of the pagan priests fully discover's. Written in Latin by Dr. Vandale. Translated into French and improv'd by the famous Mons. Fontanelle. -- 4. The blind lady a beauty: a novel. -- 5. The dumb virgin: or, The force of imagination: a novel. -- 6. The unhappy fortunate lady: a true history. -- 7. The wandring beauty: or, The lucky fair one. -- 8. The unhappy mistake: or, The impious vow punish'd.
 Click on the terms below to find similar items in the catalogue
Author Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.
Series Early English books online.
Subject Fiction -- 17th century.
Historical fiction -- 17th century.
Life on other planets -- Early works to 1800.
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
Oracles -- Early works to 1800.
Alt author Briscoe, Samuel.
Fontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier), 1657-1757. Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes.
Fontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier), 1657-1757. Histoire des oracles.
White, Robert, 1645-1703.
Riley, John, 1646-1691.
Related title Theory or system of several new inhabited worlds, lately discover'd and pleasantly describ'd.
Essay on translation and translated prose.
History of oracles, and cheats of the pagan priests fully discover'd.
Unfortunate bride, or, The blind lady a beauty.
Blind lady a beauty.
Dumb virgin, or, The force of imagination.
Unfortunate happy lady.
Wandring beauty, or, The lucky fair one.
Unhappy mistake, or, The impious vow punish'd.
Descript [6], ix, [5], 98, 20, [10], 146, [4], 18, [4], 63-97, [5], 2, 21-61, [3], 33, [7], 37-87 p., [1] leaf of plates : port.
Note Imperfect: copy at reel 1787:8 stained, torn, t.p. mutilated, and lacking frontispiece port. of Mrs. Behn.
This item appears at reel 857:25 incorrectly identified as Wing B1714, and at reel 1787:8 as Wing (2nd ed.) B1711A.
Each work except the second has special t.p.; some works have separate paging; some works appear separately and have been cataloged separately.
Reproduction of original in Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
Contents 1. A theory or system of several new-inhabited worlds lately discover'd and pleasantly describ'd, in five nights conversation with Madam the Marchioness of ****. Written in French by the famous Mons. Fontanelle. -- 2. An essay on translation and translated prose. -- 3. The history of oracles, and cheats of the pagan priests fully discover's. Written in Latin by Dr. Vandale. Translated into French and improv'd by the famous Mons. Fontanelle. -- 4. The blind lady a beauty: a novel. -- 5. The dumb virgin: or, The force of imagination: a novel. -- 6. The unhappy fortunate lady: a true history. -- 7. The wandring beauty: or, The lucky fair one. -- 8. The unhappy mistake: or, The impious vow punish'd.
Author Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.
Series Early English books online.
Subject Fiction -- 17th century.
Historical fiction -- 17th century.
Life on other planets -- Early works to 1800.
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
Oracles -- Early works to 1800.
Alt author Briscoe, Samuel.
Fontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier), 1657-1757. Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes.
Fontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier), 1657-1757. Histoire des oracles.
White, Robert, 1645-1703.
Riley, John, 1646-1691.
Related title Theory or system of several new inhabited worlds, lately discover'd and pleasantly describ'd.
Essay on translation and translated prose.
History of oracles, and cheats of the pagan priests fully discover'd.
Unfortunate bride, or, The blind lady a beauty.
Blind lady a beauty.
Dumb virgin, or, The force of imagination.
Unfortunate happy lady.
Wandring beauty, or, The lucky fair one.
Unhappy mistake, or, The impious vow punish'd.

Subject Fiction -- 17th century.
Historical fiction -- 17th century.
Life on other planets -- Early works to 1800.
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
Oracles -- Early works to 1800.
Descript [6], ix, [5], 98, 20, [10], 146, [4], 18, [4], 63-97, [5], 2, 21-61, [3], 33, [7], 37-87 p., [1] leaf of plates : port.
Note Imperfect: copy at reel 1787:8 stained, torn, t.p. mutilated, and lacking frontispiece port. of Mrs. Behn.
This item appears at reel 857:25 incorrectly identified as Wing B1714, and at reel 1787:8 as Wing (2nd ed.) B1711A.
Each work except the second has special t.p.; some works have separate paging; some works appear separately and have been cataloged separately.
Reproduction of original in Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
Contents 1. A theory or system of several new-inhabited worlds lately discover'd and pleasantly describ'd, in five nights conversation with Madam the Marchioness of ****. Written in French by the famous Mons. Fontanelle. -- 2. An essay on translation and translated prose. -- 3. The history of oracles, and cheats of the pagan priests fully discover's. Written in Latin by Dr. Vandale. Translated into French and improv'd by the famous Mons. Fontanelle. -- 4. The blind lady a beauty: a novel. -- 5. The dumb virgin: or, The force of imagination: a novel. -- 6. The unhappy fortunate lady: a true history. -- 7. The wandring beauty: or, The lucky fair one. -- 8. The unhappy mistake: or, The impious vow punish'd.
Alt author Briscoe, Samuel.
Fontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier), 1657-1757. Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes.
Fontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier), 1657-1757. Histoire des oracles.
White, Robert, 1645-1703.
Riley, John, 1646-1691.
Persistent link to this item
Click link and copy URL from browser navigation toolbar

Links and services for this item:

Persistent link to this item
Click link and copy URL from browser navigation toolbar