A Narrative of all the robberies, escapes, &c. of John Sheppard: Giving an exact description of the manner of his wonderful escape from the Castle in Newgate, and of the methods he took afterward for his security. Written by himself during his confinement in the Middle Stone-Room, after his being retaken in Drury-Lane. To which is prefix'd, a true representation of his escape from the condemn'd hold, curiously engraven on a copper plate. The whole publish'd at the particular request of the prisoner

People / Organizations

• John Applebee ("printed by and for", or "by/for and sold by")

Imprint

London: Printed and sold by John Applebee, a little below Bridewell-Bridge, in Black-Fryers, 1724. The seventh edition.; ..

Added name

Sheppard, Jack, 1702-1724.; Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, attributed name.

Publication year

1724

ESTC No.

N41973

Grub Street ID

28326

Description

31,[1]p.,plate ; 8°.

Note

Not in fact by Sheppard. Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Lee, Trent, Hutchins, Moore, Novak). Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions

Printed from the same setting of type as the fifth edition of the same year

Price on title page: (Price Six Pence.)