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The voyages and adventures of Captain Robert Boyle, In several Parts of the World. Intermix'd with The story of Mrs. Villars, an English Lady with whom he made his surprizing Escape from Barbary; The history of an Italian Captive [...]
by Daniel Defoe, Benjamin] (attr.) [Victor, Michael (engr.) Van der Gucht, William R. (William Rufus) Chetwood
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Full title: The voyages and adventures of Captain Robert Boyle, In several Parts of the World. Intermix'd with The story of Mrs. Villars, an English Lady with whom he made his surprizing Escape from Barbary; The history of an Italian Captive; and the life of Don Pedro Aquilio, &c. Full of various and amazing Turns of Fortune. To which is added, The Voyage, Shipwreck, and Miraculous Preservation, of Richard Castelman, Gent. With a Description of the City of Philadelphia, and the Country of Pensylvania.
8vo. ff. 4, pp. 374, ff. [2] (blank). Tooled calf. Gilt spine title. Includes frontispiece signed "V. dr. Gucht Fecit." Engraved initials, head- and tailpieces. Bookplate of John Rolle.
First edition of this best-selling Defoean novel; both narratives are (realistic) fiction, but the latter has often been taken as fact (e.g. in O. Rich, Bibliotheca Americana Nova. London & New York, 1835, vol. I, p. 39: "Boyle's narrative is probably fictitious, but that of Castelman bears mark of authenticity"). See also ESTC, T144534, attributing the work to Chetwood; J. Sabin, A Dictionary of Books Relating to America from its Discovery to the Present Time. 29 vols. New York, 1863-1936, 12553, stating: "This work has been attributed to Benjamin Victor, also to Daniel Defoe."
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