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life and errors of John Dunton, late citizen of London
Binders' instructions (Binding)-England-18th century.
20 unnumbered pages, 368, 353-463, 200-248 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm (8vo).
written by himself in solitude ; with an idea of a new life ; wherein is shewn how he'd think, speak, and act, might he live over his days again ; intermix'd with the new discoveries the author has made in his travels abroad, and in his private conversation at home ; together with the lives and characters of a thousand persons now living in London, &c. ; digested into seven stages, with their respective ideas.
First leaf comprises the verses "The Author's Speaking Picture, Drawn By Himself."
Signatures: A⁸ b² B-Z⁸ *Aa-*Bb⁸ Dd-Ii⁸ ²Aa-Cc⁸ ²Dd²; errors in signing: leaves 2D2 and 2D4 missigned 2C2 and 2C4.
Pages [249-251] (Dd1r-2r) in this state have headlines and page 251 is numbered; in another state, they have no headlines or page numbers.
Advertisement for another work by Dunton, preparing for the press, "A ramble through six kingdoms," on final page.
"Errata. With directions to the binder": preliminary pages [19-20], signed by Dunton.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.