The surprising adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew : king of the beggars, containing his life, a dictionary of the cant language and many entertaining particulars of that extraordinary man.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | A new ed. corrected & much improved. |
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| Item Description: | "Hamblin & Seyfang, printers, Garlick-hill."-page 286. Editor's preface dated Sept. 28th, 1813. "Some account of the Indians, among whom our hero was treated with so much kindness and civility," pages 97-124. Title vignette. Numerous versions of the "Life" exist with varying titles and by various authors, variously ascribed to Carew himself, Robert Goadby and Thomas Price. cf. Moore's History of Devonshire, volume 2, page 700; Dict. nat. biog. "A dictionary of the cant language": pages [273]-288. Purchased for the Cushing Library/Lit./Mitchell Collection by The Cushing Library. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 preliminary leaf, ii, (1)4-286 pages, 1 leaf : frontispiece (portrait), plates. ; 19 cm. |