1702 Aphra BEHN PLAYS * 7 Plays * The First Edition * No Reserve

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P L A Y S Written by the late Ingenious Mrs. BEHN ,Entire in Two Volumes. VIZ I. The Rover; or, the Banish’d Cavaliers. In Two Parts. II. The Dutch Lover. III. Abdelazer; or, the Moor’s Revenge. IV. The Young King; or, the Mistake. V. The Roundheads; or, the Good Old Cause. VI. The City Heiress; or, Sir Timothy Treatall. VII. The Town-Fopp; or, Sir Timothy Tawdrey. The First Uolume. L O N D O N ,Printed for Jacob Tonson , at Grays-Inn-Gate , next Grays-Inn-Lane ; and R. Wellington , at the Dolphin andCrown , the Weft-End of St. Paul 's Church-Yard, M.DCC.II. [1702]~ THE FIRST EDITION ~ Contemporary full calf, rubbed and worn, text block split joints cracked and front board detaching, text browned and spotted. An octavo volume, it measures approximately 18.5cm (7�") x 11.5cm (4�") x 4cm (1�"). Pagination pp. [4], 583, [9]. Volume 1 only of 2 volumes. This volume, complete in itself, � contains the following plays, I. The Rover; or, the Banish'd Cavaliers. In Two Parts. II. The Dutch Lover. III. Abdelazer; or, the Moor’s Revenge. IV. The Young King; or, the Mistake. V. The Roundheads; or, the Good Old Cause. VI. The City Heiress; or, Sir Timothy Treatall. VII. The Town-Fopp; or, Sir Timothy Tawdrey. � Aphra Behn (1640-1689), English dramatist, fiction writer, and poet who was the first Englishwoman known to earn her living by writing. read more