Research Catalog

Title

The hermit: or, The unparalled [sic] sufferings and surprising adventures of Mr. Philip Quarll, an Englishman. Who was lately discovered by Mr. Dorrington a Bristol merchant, upon an uninhabited island in the South-sea; where he has lived above fifty years, without any humans assistance, still continues to reside, and will not come away ...

Author

Longueville, Peter, active 1727.

Publication

Westminster, Printed by J. Cluer and A. Campbell, for T. Warner and B. Creake, 1727.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bicknell, Alexander, -1796.
• Ford Collection.

Description

xi (1) p., 2 l., 264 p. front., fold. plate, map.; 20 cm. (8vo.)

Note

• Caption and running title: The English hermit.
• Preface signed: P.L.
• For discussion of authorship, cf. Esdaile, A. Author and publisher in 1727; The English hermit. (In: The Library. ser. 4, v.2, p. 185-192)
• Ascribed by some authorities to Alexander Bicknell.

Indexed In (note)

• Sabin

Call Number

*KC 1727 (Longueville, P. Hermit)

OCLC

23625785

Author

Longueville, Peter, active 1727. Attributed name

Title

The hermit: or, The unparalled [sic] sufferings and surprising adventures of Mr. Philip Quarll, an Englishman. Who was lately discovered by Mr. Dorrington a Bristol merchant, upon an uninhabited island in the South-sea; where he has lived above fifty years, without any humans assistance, still continues to reside, and will not come away ...

Imprint

Westminster, Printed by J. Cluer and A. Campbell, for T. Warner and B. Creake, 1727.

Indexed In:

Sabin 66952, note

Local Note

Book I signed, p. 68: Edward Dorrington [pseud.]

Local Note

With bookplates of Henry duke of Kent, 1733, and Thomas Philip earl de Grey.

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Place of Publication

Great Britain England London Westminster.

Added Author

Bicknell, Alexander, -1796. Attributed name

Ford Collection.

Research Call Number

*KC 1727 (Longueville, P. Hermit)