A history of the lives and exploits of the most remarkable pirates, highwaymen, murderers, street-robbers, &c : Interspersed with several tales, and plesasant songs. Adorned with the essigies of the most notorious offenders, curiously engraven on copper. Published with the leave of the proprietor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.

Contributor:

Smith, Alexander, active 1714-1726.

Standardized Title:

General history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Criminals.

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

Murderers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([2],373,[3]p.,plates )

Other Title:

History of the lives and exploits of the most remarkable pirates, highwaymen, murderers, street-robbers, &c.

History of the lives and exploits of the most remarkable pirates, highwaymen, murderers, street-robbers, &c

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Printed and sold by T. Aris, near the Swan, in the High-Street, M.DCC.XLII. [1742]

Notes:

Capt. Charles Johnson = Daniel Defoe.

Consists of the lives of the pirates selected from the first volume of Defoe's 'A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates .. by Captain Charles Johnson', interspersed with selections from the lives of highwaymen and others from Capt. Alexander Smith's 'The history of the lives of the most noted highway-men'.

Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T190100.

OCLC:

509481456