An apology for the life of Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew : commonly call'd 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 gypsies, to the present time... with his travels twice through great part of America. A particular account of the original government, languages, laws and customs of the gypsies ... And a parallel drawn after the manner of Plutarch, between Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew and Mr. Thomas Jones
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Type of record: Book
Title: An apology for the life of Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew : commonly call'd 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 gypsies, to the present time... with his travels twice through great part of America. A particular account of the original government, languages, laws and customs of the gypsies ... And a parallel drawn after the manner of Plutarch, between Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew and Mr. Thomas Jones
Classmark: BC Rom CAR
Additional creator(s): Carew, Bampfylde Moore (1693-1770?) (Other); Goadby, Robert (1721-1778) (Other); Goadby, Mrs Robert (Other)
Related people: Carew, Bampfylde Moore, 1693-1770?; Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754
Publisher: Printed for R. Goadby and W. Owen
Publication city: London
Date(s): [between 1760 and 1769?]
Language: English
Size and medium: xxiv, 344 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/290482
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002835429705181
Collection group(s): Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections
Description
Dedication "To the Worshipful Justice Fielding", attacking Tom Jones, signed: The historiographer to Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew.
"This was... his own autobiography, dictated by him to some literary acquaintance."--Gould, Devonshire characters, London, 1908, p. 425.
Authorship also ascribed to Robert Goadby and to Mrs. Goadby.
There are numerous versions with varying titles, and probably by various compilers. The first edition with the present title was published London, 1749. An earlier version, ascribed to Thomas Price, has title: The life and adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew, the noted Devonshire stroller... Exon, Printed by the Farleys for J. Drew, 1745.
Additional description
Wanting folding frontispiece
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