The History of the Press-Yard: Or, a Brief Account of the Customs and Occurrences that are put in Practice, and to be met with in that Antient Repository of Living Bodies, called, His Majesty's Goal of Newgate in London: Wherein, besides several Descriptions and Characters never before made Publick, are inserted.

Edité par London: Printed for T. Moor, 1717

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First edition of this key source for Newgate prison in the age of Defoe, unquestionably one of its most famous inmates. Although academic writers often attribute the work to Defoe to this day, his bibliographers generally dispute this. Defoe's frequently clandestine approach to publication, and his ability to write persuasively on any side of an issue, has resulted in an ever-changing canon. By the late 19th century, when this work was rebound, almost 400 titles were assigned to Defoe - nearly 300 more than listed in the first (1790) bibliography of his work. Many of these claims were based on subjective internal evidence of style and content. The attribution of the History to Defoe is easiest to understand on thematic grounds: he had spent five months in Newgate in 1703, a spell which defined the course of his life for many years to come. Moll Flanders spent several equally key periods of her life there. The work certainly reflects on people Defoe had known personally, including the prison chaplain Paul Lorrain, although the History is considerably more sympathetic to him than Defoe was in his correspondence. The History discusses Newgate's layout, conditions, and customs, paying particular attention to its use as a prison for Jacobite rebels after 1715. ESTC T36511. Not in Furbank and Owens or Moore. Octavo (186 x 117 mm), pp. [vi], 142. Wood-engraved headpiece. Late 19th-century crushed red morocco, spine ruled and decorated in gilt and with twin dark green morocco labels, covers panelled and with cornerpieces in gilt, turn-ins in gilt, marbled endpapers, edges marbled and gilt. Contemporary ink signature of one George Gordon to title page and infrequent annotations to contents. Faint sunning to spine, minor browning and foxing to contents: a very good copy.…

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The History of the Press-Yard: Or, a Brief Account of the Customs and Occurrences that are put in Practice, and to be met with in that Antient Repository of Living Bodies, called, His Majesty's Goal of Newgate in London: Wherein, besides several Descriptions and Characters never before made Publick, are inserted.
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DEFOE, Daniel (formerly attrib.).
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London: Printed for T. Moor, 1717
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