The miseries of a iaile: or A true description of a prison, with many remarkeable deuices : wherein young gentlemen and nouices are intangled, to their vtter ouerthrow, and perpetuall imprisonment. With many speciall characters of serieants, key-turners, keepers, beadles, and other officers abusing their places, themselues, and other men. Pleasant, and not vnprofitable. By F.W.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Fennor, William.

Series:

Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 794:3.

Standardized Title:

Compters common-wealth

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Debt, Imprisonment for--England--Early works to 1800.

Debt, Imprisonment for.

London (England)--Social life and customs--17th century.

England.

Local Subjects:

London (England)--Social life and customs--17th century.

Physical Description:

6 unnumbered pages, 85 pages, 1 unnumbered page

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Other Title:

Compters common-wealth

Miseries of a jaile: or A true description of a prison, with many remarkeable devices.

True description of a prison, with many remarkeable devices.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for R. R[ounthwaite] and are to be sold at the Flower Deluce and Crown in Pauls Church-yard, 1619.

Notes:

Describes his experience as a prisoner for debt.

Another issue, with cancel title page of: The compters common-wealth.

Publisher's name from STC.

Dedication and text still have Fennor's name--STC.

Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1959. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640; 794:03). s1959 miun a

Cited in:

STC (2nd ed.) 10782.

OCLC:

55183100