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Additional authors

1. Smith, Alexander, active 1714-1726.
2. Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.

Description

1. 484 p. : 29 plates; 37 cm.

Subject

1. Brigands and robbers > Great Britain
2. Pirates
3. Tobacco habit and crime

Call number

1. Arents S 0680

Note

1. Binder's title: Lives of highwaymen, etc.
2. C. Johnson is a pseudonym of Daniel Defoe.
3. With the 26 original plates and three additional plates inserted, of which two are dated 1750 and 1752.
4. Consists of adaptations from "The history of the lives of the most noted highwaymen ... By Capt. Alexander Smith" and "A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates ... By Captain Charles Johnson." Cf. BM, v. 117, column 684 and Moore, J. R. Defoe in the pillory. Bloomington, Ind., 1939, p. 126-188.
5. Mary Frith (Mol Cutpurse) as the first woman to smoke: p. 193. The theft of a tobacco box by Stephen Bunce: p. 381. Numerous other references to tobacco.

Indexed in (note)

1. Sabin

Author

1. Johnson, Charles, active 1724-1731.

Title

1. A general history of the lives and adventures of the most famous highwaymen, murderers, street-robbers, & c. To which is added, a genuine account of the voyages and plunders of the most notorious pyrates ... By Capt. Charles Johnson.

Imprint

1. London, Printed for and sold by J. Janeway, 1734.

Indexed in:

1. Sabin 36194

Local note

1. Arents copy contains bookplate of James Comerford.

Added author

1. Smith, Alexander, active 1714-1726. The history of the lives of the most noted highwaymen.
2. Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates.

Research call number

1. Arents S 0680