The Life and adventures of Mr. 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... With his travels twice through great part of America. Giving a particular account of the origin, government, laws, and customs of the gipsies ... and a dictionary of the cant language, used by the mendicants
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Type of record: Book
Title: The Life and adventures of Mr. 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... With his travels twice through great part of America. Giving a particular account of the origin, government, laws, and customs of the gipsies ... and a dictionary of the cant language, used by the mendicants
Classmark: BC Rom CAR
Additional creator(s): Carew, Bampfylde Moore (1693-1770?) (Other); Price, Thomas of Poole (Other); Goadby, Robert (1721-1778) (Other); Goadby, Mrs Robert (Other)
Related people: Carew, Bampfylde Moore, 1693-1770?
Publisher: Sold by T. Forster, R. Armstrong, J. Digby, and W. Locke
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1779
Language: English
Size and medium: 246 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/290484
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002835539705181
Collection group(s): Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections
Description
The authorship has been ascribed variously to Thomas Price, Robert Goadby, Mrs. Goadby and Carew himself. There are numerous versions with varying titles.
Indexed in: Sabin 27615.
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