The third volume of the compleat history of the lives, robberies, piracies, and murders committed by...
The third volume of the compleat history of the lives, robberies, piracies, and murders committed by the most notorious rogues, &c. From the Time of Edward the Confessor. With the Famous Sermon Preach'd by Bernard Sympson a Monk, to a Gang of High way-men in a Wood near Maidenhead-Thicket. Printed from the Original M. S. out of the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Together with The Continuation of the wicked Lives of highway-men, murderers, foot-pads, house-breakers, shoplipts, water-pads, kid-lays, hook-pole-lays, molly-lays, bumming-lays, and the surprizing Adventures of several famous pirates, down to the present Time. With the Thieves grammar whereby the Art of Thieving, is fully detected. A Key to the Art of Thieving; newly discovered, whereby several secret Mysteries are unlocked, for the good of the Publick. Never before Printed. Written by Capt. Alex. Smith. Adorn'd with cuts [electronic resource].
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London : printed for Sam. Briscoe at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill; T. Warner in Pater-Noster Row, and A. Dodd without Temple-Bar, 1720.
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Date
1720.
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English
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[14],**48,25-152,145-333,[3],336-358,358-362p.,plates ; 12°.
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Publisher
London : printed for Sam. Briscoe at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill; T. Warner in Pater-Noster Row, and A. Dodd without Temple-Bar, 1720.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1720.
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The third volume of the compleat history of the lives, robberies, piracies, and murders committed by the most notorious rogues, &c. From the Time of Edward the Confessor. With the Famous Sermon Preach'd by Bernard Sympson a Monk, to a Gang of High way-men in a Wood near Maidenhead-Thicket. Printed from the Original M. S. out of the Bodleian Library...
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Intended to accompany the retitled fifth edition, 1719: 'A compleat history of the lives and robberies of the most notorious highway-men'.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Text is continuous despite the pagination.
The first pp. 25-48 are double asterisked.
Titlepage in red and black....
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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74Vv43xGxVAM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv43xGxVAM
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991015470509702626