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Head, Richard

The English Rogue, Described in the Life of Meriton Latroon, With a Witty Extravagant. Comprehending the Most Eminent Cheats of Both Sexes. London: Printed for Francis Kirkman, 1666

8vo (156 x 102 mm). One engraved plate; lacks frontispiece portrait, browning throughout, occasional dampstaining, tear through 7 lines at bottom of C7 along inner margin, one or two signatures and catchwords shaved or cropped. Eighteenth-century calf paneled gilt, the spine in 6 compartments gilt, brown lettering-piece, edges tinted red; rebacked with original spine laid down. 

Second edition of Head's pungently written gallery of rogues, this edition with the variant title ("the" in the tenth line of the title as opposed to "the most").

REFERENCE:

ESTC R35986; Wing H1247 (which has imprint "for Fra: Kirkman")

PROVENANCE:

Contemporary ownership inscription on title-page dated 1684