Compiled by John Green, but known as the Astley collection. and v. 3. Voyages and travels to Guinea, Benin, Kongo and Angola. Description of Loango, Kongo, Angola, Benguela, and adjacent countries. Description of the countries along the eastern coast of Africa, from Cape of Good Hope to Cape Guarda Fuy. Voyages and travels in China, 1655-1722.
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Printed for T. Astley,
Subject (Geographic):
Benin--History--Early works to 1800
Subject (Topic):
Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Voyages and travels--History--18th century, and Voyages and travels--History--Sources
Written when the author was 18, partly in answer to Wollaston's Religion of nature, and addressed to Mr. J(ames) R(alph) He printed, he says, only a hundred copies, of which he gave a few to his friends; and afterwards, disliking the piece, he burnt the rest except one copy.--J. Crossley in Notes and queries, ser. 1, v.5, p. 6 (Jan. 3, 1852)l9
General history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates
Description:
Attributed to Defoe by Professor John R. Moore of Indiana university. and The frontispiece noted by Sabin, and found in the 1st and 3d editions are wanting in this copy.
Printed for the author, by J. Dixwell, in St. Martin's Lane: and sold by Mr. A. Cozens, no. 4, Leicester Street, Leicester Fields; and J. Dodsley, in Pall Mall
Begins: The devil has left his puritanical dress., On the flood of scurrilous pamphlets which appeared when the censorship of the press was not renewed after the dissolution of Parliament., Printed in 2 columns., and Reprinted in Bagford ballads, v.2, p. 715-719.