Literature from ARTEM

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). Contemporary quarter calf,… Read more about this item

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. Contemporary half calf with marbled sides, red title-shield, red… Read more about this item

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