Ascanius; or The young adventurer, a true history. Translated from a manuscript privately handed about at the Court of Versailles. Containing a particular account of all that happened to a certain person during his wanderings in the north, from his memorable defeat in April 1746, to his final escape, on the 19th of September in the same year

All titles

• Ascanius; or The young adventurer, a true history. Translated from a manuscript privately handed about at the Court of Versailles. Containing a particular account of all that happened to a certain person during his wanderings in the north, from his memorable defeat in April 1746, to his final escape, on the 19th of September in the same year
• Ascanius: or, the young adventurer. Book 2

People / Organizations

• William Faden: ("printed by")
• Ralph Griffiths (Author)

Imprint

London: Printed and sold by Messrs. Grimky and Voguel Booksellers in Amsterdam; and by all other booksellers in Great-Britain, Ireland and Holland, [1746]

Publication year

1746

ESTC No.

T199495

Grub Street ID

231588

Description

64p. ; 8°.

Note

Anonymous. By Ralph Griffiths

Ascanius = Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender

Book 2 only

The imprint is false, the actual printer and publisher being William Faden and William Owen; about 1700 copies had been printed when Griffiths, Faden and Owen were examined over the libel in January 1746/7.

Uncontrolled note

Cf. t22533 (different setting of titlepage). Examinations of Griffiths, Faden and Owen in Public Record Office, State Papers 36, vol. 93, fols. 68, 72, 74 and 159