The theory or system of several new inhabited worlds : lately discover'd and pleasantly describ'd: in five nights conversation with Madam the Marchioness of ***
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Type of record: Book
Title: The theory or system of several new inhabited worlds : lately discover'd and pleasantly describ'd: in five nights conversation with Madam the Marchioness of ***
Other titles: Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes
Classmark: BC Sc/FON
Creator(s): Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier de (1657-1757)
Additional creator(s): Behn, Aphra (1640-1689) (Other)
Related people: Behn, Aphra
Publisher: [s.n.]
Publication city: London
Date(s): printed in the year 1718
Language: English
Size and medium: [6],viii,[2],114,21p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/286140
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002230699705181
Description
Includes 'An essay on translated prose' by Aphra Behn.
Forms part of vol. 2 of Aphra Behn's 'Histories and novels', edition uncertain. The missing catchword THE refers to the third item in the 'Histories and novels', 'The history of oracles', a translation by Aphra Behn of Fontenelle's 'Histoire des oracles'. Following her essay on translated prose', there should be a further six items.
The epistle dedicatory is signed Sam. Briscoe.
Mrs. Behn's translation of Fontenelle's 'Entretiens' was first published in 1688 as 'A discovery of new worlds'.
Additional description
18th century signature on flyleaf, Cornelius Paine . Bookplate of E.N. da C. Andrade pasted inside front cover. Spine lettered: Behn. A Theory
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