Ascanius [electronic resource] : or, the young adventurer, a true history. Translated from a manuscript privately handed about at the court of Versailles. Containing A particular Account of all that happened to a certain Person during his Wanderings in the North, from his memorable Defeat in April 1746, to his final Escape, on the 19th of September in the same Year.

Ascanius [electronic resource] : or, the young adventurer, a true history. Translated from a manuscript privately handed about at the court of Versailles. Containing A particular Account of all that happened to a certain Person during his Wanderings in the North, from his memorable Defeat in April 1746, to his final Escape, on the 19th of September in the same Year.

Ascanius: or, the young adventurer. Book 2

London : printed for G. Smith, near Temple-Bar ; and sold also by Mess. Grimky and Voguel, booksellers in Amsterdam; and by all other booksellers in Great-Britain, Ireland and Holland [printed by William Faden: sold by William Owen, 1746]

Great Britain -- England -- London.

English

64p. ; 8⁰.

Anonymous. By Ralph Griffiths.
Ascanius = Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender.
Book 2 only.
The imprint is false, the actual printer and publisher being William Faden and William Owen; about 1700 copies had been printed when Griffiths, Faden and Owen were examined over the libel in January 1746/7.
Quires B-D are in two different settings, and E-H in two different impositions. In this setting (probably the later), catchword on p. 3 is 'Let'. - " Examinations of Griffiths, Faden and Owen in Public Record Office, State Papers 36, vol. 93, fols. 68, 72, 74 and 159. - Garland Facsimile attributes to John Burton, citing H&L.
Reproduction of original from British Library.

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English Short Title Catalog, T22533.

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

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