Memorable accidents and remarkable transactions : containing an account of several strange events; as deposing of tyrants, shipwrecks, misfortunes, stratagems of war, perilous adventures, happy deliverances; with other uncommon occurrences and select historical events, whic happened in several countries in the last age. Translated from the French and published in English, by R. B.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Léonard, T.

Contributor:

• R. B., 1632?-1725?, tr.
• Thomas, Isaiah, 1773-1819, printer.
• Léonard, T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• History--Miscellanea--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (142,[2]p. )

Other Title:

• Memorable accidents and remarkable transactions
• Remarkable accidents and remarkable transactions.

Place of Publication:

[Worcester, Mass.] : Printed [by Isaiah Thomas, jun.] at Worcester, Massachusetts, and sold at the Worcester bookstore, 1795.

Notes:

• Attributed to T. Léonard in the 'Dictionary of national biography', cf. the article on Robert Burton (pseudonym for Nathaniel Crouch), translator of the work.
• Two states of the titlepage noted. In one, the title is as given here; in the other, title begins: 'Remarkable accidents and remarkable transactions ..'.
• Printer's name supplied by Evans.
• Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

• Evans, 28506
• English Short Title Catalog, W27161.

Related Work:

Léonard, T. Remarkable accidents and remarkable transactions.

OCLC:

642784726