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The life and adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, commonly called the King of the Beggars... : being a true account of his life, from his leaving Tiverton School at the age of fifteen, and entering into a society of gypsies ... : 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 ; to which is added a dictionary of the cant language used by the mendicants

Archive Print Item: BC Rom Fraser CAR

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Title: The life and adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, commonly called the King of the Beggars... : being a true account of his life, from his leaving Tiverton School at the age of fifteen, and entering into a society of gypsies ... : 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 ; to which is added a dictionary of the cant language used by the mendicants

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Classmark: BC Rom Fraser CAR

Additional creator(s): Carew, Bampfylde Moore (1693-1770?) (Other); Price, Thomas (1787-1848) (Other); Goadby, Robert (1721-1778) (Other); Goadby, Mrs Robert (Other)

Related people: Carew, Bampfylde Moore, 1693-1770?

Publisher: Printed and sold by J. Browne

Publication city: Bath

Date(s): 1802

Language: English

Size and medium: 2 unnumbered pages, 124 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/375104

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991015941129705181

Collection group(s): Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections

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One of the numerous versions with varying titles the authorship of which has been ascribed variously to Thomas Price, Robert Goadby, Mrs. Goadby and Carew himself.


"A dictionary of the cant terms": p. 117-124.

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