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Title

The hermit: or, The unparallel'd 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 human asistance; still continues to reside, and will not come away ...

Author

Longueville, Peter, active 1727.

Publication

London, Printed for J. Osborn, 1746.

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Additional Authors

• Bicknell, Alexander, -1796.
• Quarll, Philip.

Description

xii, 263 (1) p. front.; 17 cm. (12mo.)

Alternative Title

English hermit

Note

• Book I signed, p. 69: Edward Dorrington [pseud.]
• For discusion 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.
• Frontispiece signed: J. Hulet sculp.
• Publisher's advertisements, p. [264]

Call Number

*KC 1746 (Longueville, P. Hermit)

OCLC

38680812

Author

Longueville, Peter, active 1727. Attributed name

Title

The hermit: or, The unparallel'd 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 human asistance; still continues to reside, and will not come away ...

Imprint

London, Printed for J. Osborn, 1746.

Local Note

With autograph of A. Hartstonge.

With bookplate of James Edge Partington.

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Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.

Added Author

Bicknell, Alexander, -1796.

Quarll, Philip.

Research Call Number

*KC 1746 (Longueville, P. Hermit)