The life and glorious actions of the most heroic and magnanimous Jonathan Wilde : generalissimo of the prig-forces in Great-Britain and Ireland. Introduced with the most Memorable Passages in the lives of his ancestors; and concluding With his behaviour in Newgate, and at the place of Execution. With an explanation of the most usual terms of art in the canting dialect.

Format:

Book

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Robbery--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Robbery.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

63 pages, 1 unnumbered page,plate : portrait ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for H. Whitridge, in Searle-Street by Lincolns-Inn Back-Gate, 1725.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

The account is mostly devoted to Wild's supposed Irish ancestry.

Includes 'An epitaph on Jonathan Wild. By Mr. S. C.', in verse, on p.63.

Price from imprint: price One Shilling.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N3340.

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