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Description
BEHN (Aphra).
Oronoko, or The Negro Prince. An Imitation of the English.
London, Paris: Vente, 1769. — 12mo, 163 x 97: (2 ff.), xiij, 212 pp., (1 f.), 5 plates. Speckled fawn calfskin, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, plain decorated spine, red edges (contemporary binding).
A rare, illustrated first edition of Pierre-Antoine de La Place’s French translation, revised and corrected. It is dedicated to Louis Phélypeaux, Count of Saint-Florentin (1705–1777).
It is illustrated with 6 engravings by Baron, including a vignette featuring the dedicatee’s coat of arms after Charles Eisen (1720–1778), and 5 plates based on drawings by Clément-Pierre Marillier (1740–1808).
A fine copy in a contemporary binding.
The lower cap is missing; the corners are slightly worn. Scattered foxing.
See original version (French)
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About the sale
Claude Mozis Library – Black Africa and the African diaspora
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10/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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