[The] History of the lives and actions of Jonathan Wild, thief-taker. Joseph Blake alias Bleuskin, foot-pad. And John Sheppard, House-breaker. Giving a full and exact account of Jonathan's being crown'd King of the Gyp[ies]; the way and means he made use of to reduce young Pe... into robberies, and afterwards hang them for ... and of the reasons that induced Bleu[skin] ... Jonathan Wild's throat. As also a true ... of the pranks Jack Sheppard played, and of his being retaken. Taken from several papers found since Jonathan's death, with letters and private confessions to friends, never yet publish'd.

Date:

1736