The history of the life and adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell : a gentleman, who, tho' deaf and dumb, writes down any stranger's name at first sight; with their future contingencies of fortune. Now living in Exeter Court over-against the Savoy in the Strand ... / [Anon].

  • Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.
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The history of the life and adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell : a gentleman, who, tho' deaf and dumb, writes down any stranger's name at first sight; with their future contingencies of fortune. Now living in Exeter Court over-against the Savoy in the Strand ... / [Anon]. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed for E. Curll: and sold by W. Mears and T. Jauncy ... [etc.], 1720.

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xix, 5 unnumbered pages, 320 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait (engravings) ; 20 cm (8vo)

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Moore, J.R. Defoe 432
ESTC t069700
Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.) v. 3, p. 85.
ESTC T69700
Moore, 432

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Authorship disputed; probably by Daniel Defoe, though ascribed also to William Bond under whose name it appeared in 1728, with new title: The supernatural philosopher; or, The mysteries of magick ... unfolded by William Bond. cf. DNB; Cambridge history of English literature, v. 9; Georges Dottin's "Daniel DeFoe et ses romans" (1924) p. 261
Includes "The method of teaching deaf and dumb persons to write, read, and understand a language" [by John Wallis.--cf. DNB]
Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Young's Antiquarian Books Note: Binding: Contemp. panelled calf.

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