The Life of Philip Quarll : giving an account of his surprising adventures on an inunhabited island / with explanatory notes by P. Sadler ; embellished with a coloured plate.

Philip Quarll

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1833]

Baltimore, Maryland : Printed for C. Scheld and Company, 1833.

English

1 online resource (72 pages) : color illustrations.

An adaptation for children of Peter Longueville's The hermit: or The unparalleled sufferings and surprising adventures of Philip Quarll (also published under title The history of Philip Quarll). The original text was written in the first person; this adaptation is in the third person. Original text attributed to Peter Longueville in: Esdaile, Arundell. "Author and publisher in 1727. 'The English hermit.'" The Library, 4th ser., v. 2, p. 185-192.
Half-title: Philip Quarll.
Probably printed in Paris for Truchy's French and English Library. Includes footnotes giving French translations for some words and phrases.
The half-title and title leaves are cancels.
Lithographed frontispiece plate signed: Lith. de Frey.
Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.

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