The life and adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, commonly called the King of the beggars. Being An impartial Account of his Life, from his leaving Tiverton School at the Age of Fifteen and entering into a Society of Gipsies; wherein the Motives of his Conduct are related and explained: The great Number of Characters and Shapes he has appeared in through Great Britain, Ireland, and several other Places of Europe: with his Travels twice through great Part of America: Giving a particular account of the origin, government, laws, and customs of the gipsies, with the Method of electing their King. And a dictionary of the cant language used by the mendicants.

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MDCCXCIII. [1793]
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Apology for the life of Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew.

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London : printed for J. Buckland, C. Bathurst and T. Davies, MDCCXCIII. [1793]

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235,[5]p. ; 120.

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ESTC T110485

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