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... 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
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Type of record: Book
Title: 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... 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
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: Printed for J. Hodges, W. Millar, R. Tonson, T. French, J. Ottridge, G. Wade, and J. Wren
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1788
Language: English
Size and medium: 222 pages, 6 unnumbered pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/290485
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002835589705181
Collection group(s): Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections
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The authorship has been ascribed variously to Thomas Price, Robert Goadby, Mrs. Goadby and Carew himself. There are numerous versions with varying titles.
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