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The history of the life and adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell : a gentleman, who, tho' deaf and dumb, writes down any stranger's name at first sight, with their future contingencies of fortune : now living in Exeter Court over-against the Savoy in the Strand

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, Bond, William, d. 1735, Gucht, Michael, van der, 1660-1775, engraver · 1720 · London : Printed for E. Curll, and sold by W. Mears ... [and 5 others] · 17 pictures

A 1720 London biography of the deaf fortune-teller Duncan Campbell, attributed to Daniel Defoe and William Bond, printed for Edmund Curll with plates engraved by Michael van der Gucht for a curious metropolitan readership. The index holds mainly typographic ornament: woodcut headbands of scrolling acanthus, masks, squirrels and winged putti, plus foliate corner flourishes usable as rules, dividers and frames.

Campbell, Duncan, 1680?-1730 · Prophets · Deaf · Occultism

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