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A27276 All the histories and novels written by the late ingenious Mrs. Behn entire in one volume : together with the history of the life and memoirs of Mrs. Behn never before printed / by one of the fair sex ; intermix'd with pleasant love-letters that pass'd betwixt her and Minheer Van Brun, a Dutch merchant, with her character of the countrey and lover : and her love-letters to a gentleman in England. Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.; Gildon, Charles, 1665-1724. 1698 (1698) Wing B1712; ESTC R30217 289,472 572

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