The history of the life and adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell, Late of Exeter Court over-against the Savoy in the Strand. A gentleman, who, when living, tho' deaf and dumb, wou'd write down any stranger's name at first sight: with the future contingencies of their fortune.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bond, William, d. 1735.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fortune-tellers--England--Early works to 1800.

Fortune-tellers.

Campbell, Duncan, 1680?-1730--Biography--Early works to 1800.

Campbell, Duncan.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix,[5],320p.,plates ) ports. ;

Edition:

The third edition corrected.

Other Title:

History of the life and adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell,

Place of Publication:

London : printed, and sold by the men who distribute the Treatise of husbandry, and the Voyages and travels, &c., 1739.

Notes:

Sometimes attributed to William Bond. Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Chalmers, Wilson, Lee, Trent ("probably revised by William Bond"), Hutchins, Moore, Novak ("perhaps in part of entirely by Bond")). Defoe attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions. Rodney Baine "argues for William Bond as a more likely author" of the entire work--Furbank and Owens.

A reissue of the second edition, with a new titlepage.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Moore, 432

English Short Title Catalog, T69702.

OCLC:

642665720