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.

People / Organizations

• Edmund Curll ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for E. Curll: and sold by W. Mears and T. Jauncy without Temple Bar, W. Meadows in Cornhill, A. Bettesworth in Pater-Noster-Row, W. Lewis in Covent Garden, and W. Graves in St. James's Street, M.DCC.XX. [1720]

Publication year

1720-1720

ESTC No.

T69700

Grub Street ID

293649

Description

xix,[5],320p.,plates : port. ; 8⁰

Note

Sometimes attributed to William Bond. Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Chalmers, Wilson, Lee, Trent ("probably revised by William Bond"), Hutchins, Moore, Novak ("perhaps in part of entirely by Bond")). Defoe attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions. Rodney Baine "argues for William Bond as a more likely author" of the entire work--Furbank and Owens.

Price from imprint: price 5 s.

Uncontrolled note

The frontispiece is signed: Hill pinx. Price sculp