Clancie's cheats, or The life and death of Major Clancie, the grandest cheat of this age wherein is set forth his villanous projects and strange adventures in England, Ireland, France, Spain and Italy; at last was executed at Tyburn. Published by authority

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• Clancie's cheats, or The life and death of Major Clancie, the grandest cheat of this age wherein is set forth his villanous projects and strange adventures in England, Ireland, France, Spain and Italy; at last was executed at Tyburn. Published by authority
• Life and death of Major Clancie, the grandest cheat of this age
• Life and death of Major Clancie, the grandest cheat of this age

People / Organizations

• Elkanah Settle (Author)

Imprint

London : printed by D. Mallet, and are to be sold by most booksellers, MDCLXXXVII [1687]

Publication year

1687

ESTC No.

R174072

Grub Street ID

67369

Description

[8], 150 p. ; 8°.

Note

'The epistle dedicatory' and 'To the reader' signed: E.S., i.e. Elkanah Settle

A reissue of the 1680 edition entitled: The life and death of Major Clancie, the grandest cheat of this age (Wing S2696A), with a new title page, the addition of the words "To the Countess of Marlborough." to [A]2r and some correction of pagination errors

Text and register continuous despite numerous errors in pagination

Formerly Wing C4404A

Signatures: [A]]4] B-K]8] L]4(-L4?).

Uncontrolled note

Catalogued from the original at the British Library; verify presence and nature of final leaf, not present in L copy