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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| 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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| Item Description: | Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe. Charles Johnson is believed to be a pseudonym. Cf. ESTC. Attribution to Defoe is based on internal textual relationship to his works of proven authorship together with supporting external evidence. Cf. J.H. Moore. Defoe in the pillory. Bloomington, Ind., 1939, pages 126-188. Edition statement precedes authorship statement on title page. First edition was printed for C. Rivington in 1724 under title: A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates ... By Captain Charles Johnson. Plates are signed: "B. Cole sculp." Head- and tail-pieces; initials. Publisher's advertisement on last (unnumbered) page. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. Signatures: A⁸ a² B-2C⁸ 2D⁸ ( -2D7, 2D8). |
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| Physical Description: | 20 unnumbered pages, 17-427 pages, 1 unumbered page, [3] leaves of plates : portraits ; 21 cm (8vo) |