A compleat history of the lives and robberies of the most notorious highway-men, foot-pads, shop-lifts, and cheats, of both sexes, in and about London and Westminster, and all Parts of Great Britain, for above an Hundred Years past, continu'd to the present Time. Wherein their most Secret and Barbarous Murders, Unparalell'd Robberies, Notorious Thefts, and Unheard of Cheats, are set in a true Light, and expos'd to publick View, for the common Benefit of Mankind. To, which is prefix'd, the thieves new canting-dictionary, Explaining the most mysterious Words, New Terms, Significant Phrases, and Proper Idioms, used at this present Time by our Modern Thieves. By Capt. Alex. Smith.

  • Smith, Alexander, active 1714-1726.
Date:
1719
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Also known as

History of the lives of the most noted highway-men

Publication/Creation

London : printed for Sam. Briscoe, and sold by A. Dodd at the Peacock without Temple-Bar, 1719.

Physical description

2v.,plates ; 120.

Edition

The fifth edition, (adorn'd with cuts) .. In two volumes.

References note

ESTC T97129

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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