The criminal recorder, or, Biographical sketches of notorious public characters : including murderer...
The criminal recorder, or, Biographical sketches of notorious public characters : including murderers, traitors, pirates, mutineers, incendiaries, defrauders, rioters, sharpers, highwaymen ... and other noted persons who have suffered the sentence of the law for criminal offenses : embracing a variety of curious and singular cases, anecdotes, &c., with occasional notes, illustrated with elegant engravings by the first artists.
About this item
Full title
Publisher
Nottingham, [England] Printed and sold by R. Dowson, Market Place, 1815.
Alternative title
Call Numbers
H 2016/363 , H 2016/362
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
2 volumes (686, 641 pages) : 1 illustration, 8 portraits ; 21 cm (8vo)
Contents
Convicts transported to Botany Bay (N.S.W.). Volume 1: Major Semple, alias James George Lisle (page 523) -- George Waldron, alias Barrington (page 355) -- Volume 2: Richard Turner (page 71) --Frederick Smith, alias Henry St. John (page 156) --Tucker, the mock parson (page 237) -- John Davison (page...
Publication information
Publisher
Nottingham, [England] Printed and sold by R. Dowson, Market Place, 1815.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1815.
Access and use
Access Conditions
MItchell Library copy at H 2016/362 - H 2016/363: issue in Special Collections.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Each volume records both names and sentences of British prisoners executed and transported to penal colonies.
Alternative Titles
Full title
The criminal recorder, or, Biographical sketches of notorious public characters : including murderers, traitors, pirates, mutineers, incendiaries, defrauders, rioters, sharpers, highwaymen ... and other noted persons who have suffered the sentence of the law for criminal offenses : embracing a variety of curious and singular cases, anecdotes, &c.,...
Spine title
The Criminal recorder.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
"In two volumes" --Title page.
Both volumes include index.
Fronticepiece portrait to each volume; portrait of George Barrington (verso page 355).
Signatures (octavo in 4s): (Volume 1) A-Z⁴Aa-Zz⁴3A-3Z⁴4A-4P⁴; (Volume 2) [A]-Z⁴2A-2Z⁴3A-3Z⁴4A-4K⁴.
Selected for Digitisation 2017
MItchell Library copy at H 2016/362 - H 2016/363: purchased from Douglas Stewart Fine Books, March 2016....
Additional physical form availability note
Online at the State Library of NSW.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
H 2016/363 , H 2016/362
Record Identifier
74VKzP435683
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzP435683
Other Identifiers
DDC
364.941 994.02
MMS ID
991023357429702626
