Oronoko ou le Prince négre. Imitation de l'Anglois - Nouvelle Edition, revue et corrigée

Features

Author:  [Aphra Behn], Antoine de la Place

Publisher:  Vente

Place of printing:  London

Year of publication:  1769

Product Condition:
Silent hardback binding with calligraphic title on the spine gusset: abrasions, traces of dust and stains on the plates and spine, peeling on the edges of the plates, dented caps. Ancient signature belonging to the flyleaf. Cuts sprayed with traces of dust. Slightly browned papers with blooms and brown spots along the margins, more frequent on the first and last pages; humidity stain on the lower edge of the title page and title page; pen notation in A1. The 5 tables planned for this edition are missing. Text in French, texte en français

ISBN Code:  8845253961

EAN:  9788845253966

Pages:  (4),XII,212

Format:  Hardback with dust jacket

Format:  In the sixteenth

Dimensions (cm):
Height:  16
Width:  9

Description

As explained in the Preface, we are faced not with a translation, but with an adaptation to the French context, by Antoine de la Place, of the short novel "Oroonoko, or the Royal Slave" published in 1688 by Aphra Johnson Behn, a of the first English novels written by a woman. The protagonist, son of a king, model of honor, generosity and good education, perfectly embodies the myth of the "noble savage", which occupies so much space in the literature and philosophy of the 18th century, of which our novel represents one of the first appearances. Our edition, second after the first of 1768, was illustrated by 5 planches which unfortunately are missing in our copy.