Remarkable Trials And Interesting Memoirs Of The Most Noted Criminals Who Have Been Convicted At

by Anonymous Compiler

$1,000 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

London: Printed for W. Nicoll, at the Paper-Mill, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1765. 12mo, two volumes, pp. 1-2 i-iii iv-x xi-xiv 1 2-336; i-viii 1 2-358, full calf, all panels ruled in gold, edges speckled red. First edition. Highway robbery, piracy on the Thames, murder, rape, a midwife tried for not doing his duty, and more. Female miscreants are well represented. Many of the cases concern conspiracy,

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