An apology for the life of Mr. Bampfylde- Moore Carew : commonly call'd the King of beggars
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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 beggars
Classmark: BC Rom Fraser CAR
Additional creator(s): Goadby, Robert (1721-1778) (Supposed author)
Related people: Carew, Bampfylde Moore, 1693-1770?; Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754
Publisher: Printed for R. Goadby and W. Owen
Publication city: London
Date(s): [1765?]
Language: English
Size and medium: xxviii, iv, 350 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/322933
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991016060419705181
Collection group(s): Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections
Description
Head and tail pieces, initials.
Dedication "To the Worshipful Justice Fielding" signed: The historiographer to Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew.
Dedication "To the publick" signed: Bampfylde-Moore Carew.
"This was... his own autobiography, dictated by his to some literary acquaintance."--Gould, Devonshire characters, London, 1908, p. 425.
Authorship also ascribed to Robert Goadley and to Mrs. Goadley.
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.
A dictionary of the cant language: p. 345-350.
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