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The hermit, or, The unparallel'd sufferings and surprising adventures of Philip Quarll, an Englishman : who was lately discovered upon an uninhabited island in the South Sea; where he lived above fifty years, without any human assistance ... With an elegant frontispiece.

Accession number
PML 81179
Creator
Longueville, Peter, active 1727.
Published
London : Printed for William Lane ..., 1786.
Notes
Sometimes ascribed to Edward Dorrington or Alexander Bicknell. For Longueville attribution, see A. Esdaile, "Author and publisher in 1727; The English hermit," Library, 4th series, v.2, p. 185-192.
Frontispiece, hand-colored, signed by Angus and Bowring.
Last three pages: publisher's advertisements.
Description
xii, 249, [3] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (engraving) ; 17 cm
Provenance
Bookplate of the School Subscription Library, Mr. Erredge's Academy, Brighton.
Binding
Half-calf, cased.
Classification
Department