The hermit, or, The unparalled [!] sufferings and surprising adventures of Mr. Philip Quarll, an Englishman : who was lately discovered by Mr. Dorrington ... upon an uninhabited island in the South-Sea ...

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Title: The hermit, or, The unparalled [!] sufferings and surprising adventures of Mr. Philip Quarll, an Englishman : who was lately discovered by Mr. Dorrington ... upon an uninhabited island in the South-Sea ...
Alternative Title: English hermit
c.w.t. Philip Quarll. The unparalled suffering
Philip Quarll. Unparalled suffering
Creator: Longueville, Peter, fl. 1727
Contributor: Bicknell, Alexander, -1796.
Quarll, Philip.
Dorrington, Edward, pseud.
Published / Created: 1727.
Publication Place: Westminster
Publisher: Printed for T. Warner and B. Creake
Description: BEIN Defoe 57 L87 727: Plate bound in width-wise and folded.
Preface signed: P.L.; text signed: Ed. [?] Dorrington.
Signatures: A-X6 (incl. frontispiece).
Another issue of the 1727 edition in the British museum has the initials P.L. in the title and a dedication, in which the writer claims the authorship of the work, signed Peter Longueville. In the preface (signed P.L.) he denounces the bookseller for having substituted Edward Dorrington's name for his own. For a discussion of the authorship--cf. A. Esdaile's "Author and publisher in 1727; The English hermit": in the Library, 4th ser., v. 2, p. 185-192.
Ascribed by some authorities in Alexander Bicknell.
Extent: 1 p.l., [v]-xi, [1] p., 1 l., 264 p. : 21 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Ik L867 727

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Material: front., plate, map. ;
Subject (Topic): Voyages, Imaginary
Subjects: Voyages, Imaginary

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 1280598
Object ID (OID): 31922510