An authentic account of forgeries and frauds of various kinds Committed by that most consummate Adept in Deception Charles Price. Otherwise patch, many years a Lottery Office Keeper. In London and Westminster: Who, to avoid an ignominious death, destroyed himself in Tothill-Fields Bridewell, on the 24th of January, 1786. Published principally to gratify the Curiosity of the People, concerning a Man who had baffled every Mode of Detection, set on foot by the Directors of the Bank of England, and the Magistrates of Bow-Street, for upwards of Five Years. With which is given as a Frontispiece, an exact Representation of his Person, in the Disguise which he wore when he negotiated his first Parcel of Counterfeit Bank Notes, in the Year 1780, and likewise his Portrait in his usual Dress
An authentic account of forgeries and frauds of various kinds Committed by that most consummate Adept in Deception: Charles Price. Otherwise patch, many years a Lottery Office Keeper. In London and Westminster: Who, to avoid an ignominious death, destroyed himself in Tothill-Fields Bridewell, on the 24th of January, 1786. Published principally to gratify the Curiosity of the People, concerning a Man who had baffled every Mode of Detection, set on foot by the Directors of the Bank of England, and the Magistrates of Bow-Street, for upwards of Five Years. With which is given as a Frontispiece, an exact Representation of his Person, in the Disguise which he wore when he negotiated his first Parcel of Counterfeit Bank Notes, in the Year 1780, and likewise his Portrait in his usual Dress
Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London printed for the editor, (by whose permission, these memoirs first appeared in the English Chronicle.) And sold by G. Kearsley, at No. 46, in Fleet-Street MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]
Schlagworte:
Commercial crimes > Great Britain > History > 18th century
Crime and the press > Great Britain
Criminals > England > London > Biography
Price, Charles / 1723-1786
London (England) / Social life and customs / 18th century
Online-Zugang:UEI01
BSB01
LCO01
SBR01
UBA01
UBG01
UBM01
UBR01
UBT01
UER01
Volltext
Beschreibung:English Short Title Catalog, T207936
Frontis=ill
Horizontal chain lines
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford)
Beschreibung:Online-Ressource (viii,96Seiten) ill 8°

Es ist kein Print-Exemplar vorhanden.

Fernleihe Bestellen Achtung: Nicht im THWS-Bestand! Volltext öffnen

Ähnliche Einträge