A narrative of the proceedings in France, for discovering and detecting the murderers of the English gentlemen , September 21. 1723, near Calais. With an account of the condemnation and sentence of Joseph Bizeau and Peter Le Febvre, two notorious robbers, ... Translated from the French
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Publication details:
London : printed for J. Roberts, 1725.
Edition:
The second edition.
Record id:
31513
Subject:
Brigands and robbers -- France.
Note:
"According to John Nichols's Literary anecdotes (1812), i, 161-62, the Narrative was written by Dr. Samuel Jebb"--Furbank and Owens.
Sometimes considered to have been based on French originals, but compiled with adaptations and additions by Daniel Defoe. Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions.
A reissue of the "Second edition" of 1724.
"Price 1s.6d".
Drop-head title on p. [1]: 'An account of the Cortoucheans in France'.
Reproduction of original from the British Library.
Moore, 465
English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT70640.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements s2003 miunns
Variant title:
Eighteenth century collections online. Law collection.
Phys. description:
[2],108 p., plate ; 8°.