The Malefactor's Register; Or, the Newgate and Tyburn Calendar. Containing the Authentic Lives, Trials, Accounts of Executions, and Dying Speeches, of (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780699171311)

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT132341Published in parts. The supplement in this volume runs to p.112; p.64 is on the verso of p.23, the text being continuous. The lastest execution is dated February 23, 1791. A reissue of vol.5 of the 1779 edition with an enlarged supplement.London: printed, by authority, for Alexander Hogg, 1791?] 2],360,23,64-112p., plates; 8

Author: Multiple Contributors
ISBN-10: 0699171318
ISBN-13: 9780699171311
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Language: English
Published: 09/18/2010
Pages: 470
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.83lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.95d