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Ref NoEFP/094/A 094/1699/35
Finding NumberA094/1699/35
TitleThe compleat mendicant: or, unhappy beggar : being the life of an unfortunate gentleman: in which is a comprehensive account of several of the most remarkable adventures, that befel him in three and twenty years pilgrimage. Also a narrative of his entrance at Oxford, his ordination, his behaviour and departure from court, his taking upon him the habit of a shepherd, &c. With general reflections and observations upon the men, manners, customs and religions, of the several countreys he wander'd through. Likewise divers familiar letters, both Latin and English, sermons, poems, essays, upon particular occasions, with a singular character of a monastick life; and the description of a monastery, all faithfully collected from his original papers
LevelItem
Date1699
DescriptionVariously ascribed to Daniel Defoe and to Thomas Price; attribution to Defoe probably erroneous Cf. NUC pre-1956.; "Advertisement. The second part is now in the press, and will be publisht with all convenient speed." on A1v; title page is A2.; Errata on leaf a8.; With 2 final advertisement leaves.; Identified as Wing (2nd ed.) D830 on UMI microfilm set "Early English books, 1641-1700", reel 179.; Foxed and dampstained; 190349.; Microfilm.; R7553.
AuthorDefoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731; Price, Thomas
SubjectPilgrims and pilgrimages
Physical Description[32], 156, [4] p. ; 8j.
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
PublisherLondon : printed for E. Harris, at the Harrow in Little-Britain, MDCXCIX. [1699]
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