Memorable accidents and unheard-of transactions : containing an account of several strange events; as, the deposing of tyrants, lamentable shipwrecks, dismal misfortunes, strategems of war, perilous adventures, happy deliverances, with other remarkable occurrences and selec historical events, which have happened in several countries in the last age. Translated from the French, and published in English by R.B.
| Author/creator | Léonard, T. |
| Other author | R. B., approximately 1632-approximately 1725, translator. |
| Other author | Mentz, William, bookseller. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Printed for and sold by William Mentz, MDCCLXXIX. [1779] |
| Description | 165[i.e., 167], 1 unnumbered page ; 12⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| General note | Attributed to T. Léonard in the Dictionary of national biography. Cf. the article on Robert Burton (pseudonym for Nathaniel Crouch), translator of the work. |
| General note | Error in paging: page numbers 143-144 repeated. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library. |
| References | Evans, 16321 |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, W26123. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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