The life and adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, commonly called the King of the beggars. Being An impartial Account of his Life, from his leaving Tiverton School at the Age of Fifteen and entering into a Society of Gipsies; wherein the Motives of his Conduct are related and explained: The great Number of Characters and Shapes he has appeared in through Great Britain, Ireland, and several other Places of Europe: with his Travels twice through great Part of America: Giving a particular account of the origin, government, laws, and customs of the gipsies, with the Method of electing their King. And a dictionary of the cant language used by the mendicants.

Format:

Book

Standardized Title:

Apology for the life of Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romanies.

Cant--Dictionaries.

Cant.

Carew, Bampfylde Moore, 1693-1770?.

Carew, Bampfylde Moore.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235,[5]p. )

Other Title:

Life and adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew,

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. Buckland, C. Bathurst and T. Davies, MDCCXCIII. [1793]

Notes:

Variously attributed to Bampfylde Moore Carew, to Robert Goadby and to his wife Mrs. Goadby.

In this edition: line 4 of the title is in capital letters, line 8 of the title ends: "from". Text of 'To the reader' is in italic type and has a small woodcut at the end.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T110485.

OCLC:

642113345