BEIN Is94 t1 2: "Riddles": p. 88-95; "Advertisement": [1] p. at end., Abridged version., Ascribed by some authorities to Alexander Bicknell., and Pamphlet.
English hermit, c.w.t. Philip Quarll. The unparalled suffering, and Philip Quarll. Unparalled suffering
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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., and Ascribed by some authorities in Alexander Bicknell.
Signed: Ed. Dorrington., Preface signed: W.L. In the original edition, 1727, it is signed P.L. [i.e. Peter Longueville]., and Sometimes ascribed to Alexander Bicknell.
