A general history of the pyrates : from their first rise and settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present time : with the remarkable actions and adventures of the two female pyrates Mary Read and Anne Bonny, contain'd in the following chapters ... to which is added a short abstract of the statute and civil law in relation to pyracy /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for, and sold by T. Warner, at the Black-Boy in Pater-Noster-Row,
1724.
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| Edition: | The second edition, with considerable additions. |
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Cushing: Rare Books (Does not check out)
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F2161 D4 1724 |
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| Notes: |
Armorial bookplate of C.H. Wilkinson on front paste-down; autographs in ink of C.H. Firth in front matter, and of Elihu Rich on title page. WIlkinson was a literary scholar and book collector; Firth a historian; and Rich an author of biographies and other books. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy imperfect: 2 leaves of plates wanting. Pages 329 and 349 are misnumbered 229 9and 34 respectively. Two pages of front matter filled with notes concerning the attribution to Defoe. Someone noted that one of the annotations was in C. H. Wilkinson's hand. Marbled board covers, end-papers and fore-edges. |
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| Call Number | Status | Get It |
| F2161 D4 1724 | Available | |