Description
- Notes:
- Traduite de l'anglois du capitaine Charles Johnson. ..
- Attribution to Defoe is based on internal textual relationship to his works of proven authorship together with supporting external evidence. (cf. Moore, J.R. Defoe (1971 ed.) p. 187-189)
- Translation of: A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates. London, 1724. First publication of French translation: Utrecht, 1725.
- Half-title: Histoire des pirates anglois.
- Numerous errors in paging.
- Signatures a-d⁸/⁴ e⁴ A-2G⁸/⁴ H⁶
- Bookseller's advertisement, last 5 pages.
Citation
"Histoire des pirates anglois depuis leur etablissement dans l'ile de la Providence, jusqu'à present, contenant toutes leurs avantures, pirateries, meurtres, cruautez & excez:
Avec la vie et les avantures des deux femmes pirates Marie Read & Anne Bonny et un extrait des loix & des ordonnances concernant la piraterie
"
(1726).
John Carter Brown Library.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:732640/
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