McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

The strange and unaccountable life of Daniel Dancer, Esquire : who died in a sack, though worth upward of £3000 a year ; To which is now added, The eccentric history of Betty Bolaine, late of Canterbury: remarkable for avarice, vice, meaness, and singular way of life. London : Printed for Thomas Hughes, 35, Ludgate Hill ..., [1828?]

Alternative Title:

Life of Daniel Dancer
History of Betty Bolaine

Publisher:

Printed for Thomas Hughes, 35, Ludgate Hill ..., [1828?]

Notes:

First sentence: "It is presumed by philosophers, that the most important study for the improvement of mankind in man..."
Frontispiece, hand-coloured, signed: T. Hughes, 3 Broadway, Ludgate Hill, Oct. 1, 1828.
Provenance: Gift of the estate of Andrea Henderson, 2006.
Rebound: green cloth backed in brown cloth.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 19 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Dancer, Daniel, -- 1716-1794.
Bolaine, Betty, -- 1723-1805.
Misers.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- England -- 19th century.

Chapbook Category:

Religious and Moral

Call Number:

PN970 H84 S77 1828 Rare Books/Special Collections

Digital Collection:

McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Sponsor:

The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection was made possible through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation.

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8054

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_H84_S77_1828