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Oronoko imité de l’Anglois. Nouvelle edition, revuë & corrigée […].
by Aphra Behn (1640-1689); Pierre-Antoine de La Place (1707-1793) [transl.].
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- 1756
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Aphra Behn's masterpiece in a rarely seen edition
Aphra Behn (1640-1689); Pierre-Antoine de La Place (1707-1793) [transl.].
Oronoko imité de l'Anglois. Nouvelle edition, revuë & corrigée […].
Paris, Sebastien Jorry, 1756.
2 parts in 1 vol. 12°. XVI, 112, [4], 188, [4] pp. = complete with the Approbation and advertisement leaves at the end (not called for in bibliographies and library records).
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Discours d'un negre a un Européen, piece qui a concouru pour le prix de l'Académie Françoise, en 1775.
by Doigny du Ponceau (1750-1830).
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- 1775
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Obscure early lyrical poem about a Black American raging against slavery, promising "the revenge of a smoldering black revolution"
Doigny du Ponceau (1750-1830).
Discours d'un negre a un Européen, piece qui a concouru pour le prix de l'Académie Françoise, en 1775.
Paris, Demonville, 1775.
8°. 15, [1 blank] pp. Collates: A8. With woodcut head- and tailpieces.
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The Megha Duta, or Cloud Messenger, a poem, in the Sanscrit language.
by Kālidāsa (c. 4th–5th century CE); Horace Hayman Wilson (1786-1860, trans.).
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- 1814
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Wilson's first published Sanskrit translation, the first publication of the Meghadūta in the West
Kālidāsa (c. 4th–5th century CE); Horace Hayman Wilson (1786-1860, trans.).
The Megha Duta, or Cloud Messenger, a poem, in the Sanscrit language.
Calcutta printed: London reprinted, Black, Parry, and Co., 1814.
8°. XXII, 23-175 pp. Later half calf, marbled sides.First English translation of the Meghadūta, the… Read more about this item Item Price
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