The adventures of a rupee : wherein are interspersed various anecdotes, Asiatic and European.
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for J. Murray, No. 32, Fleet-Street,
M,DCC,LXXXII. [1782]
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| Edition: | A new edition, to which are prefixed, Memoirs of the life of the author. And to which there are annexed, his remarks concerning the inhabitants of Africa. |
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| Item Description: | The author identified, in the Memoirs of the author, as Helenus Scott. With a half-title. Signatures: a¹² B-L¹² M⁹. Half-title to the "remarks" reads: "Remarks concerning the inhabitants of Africa, particularly those on the Niger and Tooth Coast. By the author of The adventures of a rupee." Page 93 misnumbered 39. Bound in brown leather, gilt border on cover and gilt-decorated spine. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy has bookplate of John Waldie on inside front cover, stamp of Lubbock Bookbinder of Newcastle and inscription in pencil of Audrey M. Walker, Edinburgh on front fly-leaf. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 unnumbered leaves, xx, 257 pages ; 18 cm |
| Place of Publication: | England -- London. |