The memoirs of Majr. Alexander Ramkins, a highland officer, [electronic resource] : Being an account of several remarkable adventures during about twenty eight years service in Scotland, Germany, Italy, Flanders and Ireland, exhibiting a very agreeable and instructive lesson of human life, both in a publick and private capacity, in several pleasant instances of his amours, gallantry, oeconomy, &c.

The memoirs of Majr. Alexander Ramkins, a highland officer, [electronic resource] : Being an account of several remarkable adventures during about twenty eight years service in Scotland, Germany, Italy, Flanders and Ireland, exhibiting a very agreeable and instructive lesson of human life, both in a publick and private capacity, in several pleasant instances of his amours, gallantry, oeconomy, &c.

Corke : Printed by and for Thomas Pilkington, book-seller in Castle-street, 1741.

Ireland -- Cork.

English

[2],86,[2]p. ; 8⁰.

Written in the first person. "Whether there was a real-life Ramkins remains an open question."--Furbank and Owens. The entry in the DNB is apparently entirely based on The memoirs.
Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Arthur W. Secord, Hutchins, Moore, Novak). Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions.
The final leaf contains 'The publisher to the reader'.
Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.

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English Short Title Catalog, T171627.

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

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