The hermit; or, the unparalleled sufferings and surprising adventures of Philip Quarll, an Englishman: who was lately discovered upon an uninhabited island in the South-Sea; ... With an elegant frontispiece

People / Organizations

• T. Wilson ("printed for")
• Peter Longueville (Author)

Imprint

London [i.e. York?] : printed for A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater; and for T. Wilson and R. Spence, York, 1788. A new edition.; ..

Publication year

1788

ESTC No.

N2331

Grub Street ID

12669

Description

262 p. : ill. ; 12°.

Note

Purporting to be by E. Dorrington. In fact by Peter Longueville

Sometimes also attributed to Alexander Bicknell

The London part of the imprint is false; probably printed at York. See Hounslow, D. "Self-interested and evil-minded persons: the book-trade activities of Thomas Wilson, Robert Spence and Joseph Mawman of York." In Printing Places, p.92. 2005.

Uncontrolled note

ill. = frontis