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The English hermit, or, The adventures of Philip Quarll : who was lately discovered by Mr. Dorrington, a Bristol merchant, upon an uninhabited island, where he has lived above fifty years, without any human assistance, still continues to reside, and will not come away : adorned with cuts and a map of the island.

Accession number
PML 81173
Creator
Longueville, Peter, active 1727.
Published
London : Printed and sold at No.4, Aldermary Church Yard, in Bow Lane [by John Marshall], [1790]
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.
Publisher's name from advertisement and address.
At foot of t.p.: [Price Six-Pence Bound and Gilt.]
Pagination includes frontispiece and map.
Illustrations attributed to John Bewick.
Pub.'s booklist: p. [107].
First and last leaves pasted down.
Label on front board.: Crockett's Lilliputian Library.
Description
106, [2] p. : ill. (wood-engravings) ; 12 cm
Binding
Dutch floral boards. in modern case.
Classification
Department