A general history of the lives and adventures of the most famous highwaymen, murderers, street-robbers, [electronic resource] : &c. To which is added, a genuine account of the voyages and plunders of the most notorious pyrates. Interspersed with several diverting Tales, and pleasant Songs. And Adorned with the Heads of the most Remarkable Villains, Curiously Engraven on Copper. By Capt. Charles Johnson.
1734
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A general history of the lives and adventures of the most famous highwaymen, murderers, street-robbers, [electronic resource] : &c. To which is added, a genuine account of the voyages and plunders of the most notorious pyrates. Interspersed with several diverting Tales, and pleasant Songs. And Adorned with the Heads of the most Remarkable Villains, Curiously Engraven on Copper. By Capt. Charles Johnson.
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General history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates. Selections
Publication Details
London : printed for and sold by J. Janeway, in White-Fryers; and by the booksellers of London and Westminster, M.DCC.XXXIV. [1734]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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[2],484,[2]p.,plates ; 2⁰.
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Charles Johnson is believed to be a pseudonym.
Consists of the lives of the pirates selected from the first volume of 'A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates .. by Captain Charles Johnson' (sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Hutchins, Moore, Novak). Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions), interspersed with selections from the lives of highwaymen and others from Capt. Alexander Smith's 'The history of the lives of the most noted highway-men'.
Titlepage in red and black.
Published in irregularly numbered parts.
Catchword on the first page of the introduction: they.
Individual parts in other copies may be of different editions.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Consists of the lives of the pirates selected from the first volume of 'A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates .. by Captain Charles Johnson' (sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Hutchins, Moore, Novak). Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions), interspersed with selections from the lives of highwaymen and others from Capt. Alexander Smith's 'The history of the lives of the most noted highway-men'.
Titlepage in red and black.
Published in irregularly numbered parts.
Catchword on the first page of the introduction: they.
Individual parts in other copies may be of different editions.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T112552.
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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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Smith, Alexander, fl. 1714-1726. History of the lives of the most noted highway-men. Selections.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, attributed name.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, attributed name.
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