A journal of the plague year: : being observations or memorials, of the most remarkable occurrences, as well publick as private, which happened in London during the great visitation in 1665. / Written by a citizen who continued all the while in London. Never made publick before.

Accession number

PML 37544

Creator

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.

Published

London : Printed for E. Nutt at the Royal-Exchange; J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane; A. Dodd without Temple-Bar; and J. Graves in St. James's-street, 1722.

Notes

Signed at the end: H.F., i.e. Daniel Defoe.
Signatures: A² [-A1], B-T⁸.
Pages 270-271 misnumbered 290-291.
PML copy missing half-title page.

Description

[4], 287, [1] p. ; 19 cm (8vo)

Inscriptions/Markings

Manuscript note on title mentions that Dr. Mead quoted from the text in his treatise on the plague (title page).

Provenance

Perhaps Joseph Smith, LLD, abraded armorial bookplate, with motto: "turris fortissima nomen domini" and "Doctors Commons" at bottom (title page verso).

Binding

Mottled calf, tooled.

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A journal of the plague year: : being observations or memorials, of the most remarkable occurrences, as well publick as private, which happened in London during the great visitation in 1665. / Written by a citizen who continued all the while in London. Never made publick before.