The hermit; or, the unparalleled sufferings and surprising adventures of Philip Quarll, an Englishman. Who was lately discovered upon an uninhabited island in the South-Sea; ... With an elegant frontispiece

People / Organizations

• Peter Longueville (Author)

Imprint

London [i.e. York?] : printed for A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater; and for Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, York. Anno, 1796. A new edition.; ..

Publication year

1796

ESTC No.

N32515

Grub Street ID

21131

Description

264 p. : ill. ; 12°.

Note

Preface signed: W. L

Purporting to be by Edward Dorrington. In fact by Peter Longueville. Sometimes also attributed to Alexander Bicknell

The London part of the imprint is false; probably printed at York. See Hounslow, D. "Self-interested and evil-minded persons: the book-trade activities of Thomas Wilson, Robert Spence and Joseph Mawman of York." In Printing Places, p.92. 2005.

Uncontrolled note

Frontis. = ill