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The english hermit, [electronic resource] : or the unparalell'd and surprizing adventures of one Phi...

The english hermit, [electronic resource] : or the unparalell'd and surprizing adventures of one Phi...

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The english hermit, [electronic resource] : or the unparalell'd and surprizing adventures of one Philip Quarll, who was lately found in an uninhabited island in the South Sea, near Mexico; where he has liv'd fifty Years unknown and remote from humane Assistance, and where he still remains and intends to end his Days. With an Account of his Miraculous coming there, and most wonderful manner of Living ever since; of his Dress. Habitation, and Utensils, as also of his being accidentally found out by an English Merchant, and an Inhabitant of Mexico, Fishing at the Foot of the Rocks that surround the said Island. With his Conversation and extream kind manner of Entertaining of the said Persons, to whom (having shew'd several wonderful Rarieties) he gave at Parting a Mapp of the Island of his own Drawing, and a Memorial of his Birth and Education, of all the strange and most unaccountable Transactions of his Life from the Age of Eight Years, to that of Seventy Eight. Likewise of the surprizing and unheard of events happened in the Island since his being there, carefully gathered out of the above said memoirs in thr[ee] books, by P. L. gent.

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The english hermit, [electronic resource] : or the unparalell'd and surprizing adventures of one Philip Quarll, who was lately found in an uninhabited island in the South Sea, near Mexico; where he has liv'd fifty Years unknown and remote from humane Assistance, and where he still remains and intends to end his Days. With an Account of his Miraculous coming there, and most wonderful manner of Living ever since; of his Dress. Habitation, and Utensils, as also of his being accidentally found out by an English Merchant, and an Inhabitant of Mexico, Fishing at the Foot of the Rocks that surround the said Island. With his Conversation and extream kind manner of Entertaining of the said Persons, to whom (having shew'd several wonderful Rarieties) he gave at Parting a Mapp of the Island of his own Drawing, and a Memorial of his Birth and Education, of all the strange and most unaccountable Transactions of his Life from the Age of Eight Years, to that of Seventy Eight. Likewise of the surprizing and unheard of events happened in the Island since his being there, carefully gathered out of the above said memoirs in thr[ee] books, by P. L. gent.

Publisher

[Westminster?] : [s.n.], Anno Domini, 1727.

Uniform title

Hermit.

Date

Anno Domini, 1727.

Record Identifier

74VvWED66jPX

MMS ID

991011995819702626

Language

English

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Physical content

xi,[5],264p.,plates ; 8°.

Publication information

Publisher

[Westminster?] : [s.n.], Anno Domini, 1727.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

Anno Domini, 1727.

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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The english hermit, [electronic resource] : or the unparalell'd and surprizing adventures of one Philip Quarll, who was lately found in an uninhabited island in the South Sea, near Mexico; where he has liv'd fifty Years unknown and remote from humane Assistance, and where he still remains and intends to end his Days. With an Account of his Miraculo...

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Notes

General note

Dedication signed: Peter Longueville.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Sometimes also attributed to Alexander Bicknell.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74VvWED66jPX

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvWED66jPX

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MMS ID

991011995819702626