01263cam a2200289 a 4500 193273 20141120163741.0 850924s1760 enk 00000 eng d (OCoLC)ocm16112229 (OCoLC)16112229 (CStRLIN)PAUG85-B34203 (CaOTULAS)121273401 ABB7606 193273 PU PU PR3291.A1 A25 1760 10/08/85 CT The Adventures of a black coat : containing a series of remarkable occurrences and entertaining incidents that it was a witness to in its peregrinations through the cities of London and Westminster in company with variety of characters / related by itself. The adventures of a black coat. [Price 2s. 6d. sewed.] Letter-press Half Work The adventures of a black coat. Containing a series of remarkable occurrences and entertaining incidents, that it was a witness to in its peregrinations through the cities of London and Westminster, in company with variety of characters. As related by itself. Qui mores hominum multorum vidit. Hor. Letter-press Full Work The adventures of a black coat. The adventures of (verso) A black coat (recto) London Printed for J. Williams, under St. Dunstan's-Church, and J. Burd, at the Temple-Exchange, Fleet-street. 1760. xii, 166, [2] p. (the last leaf blank) ; 17 cm. (12mo) Duodecimo Dialogue is represented by non-standard long dashes without line-breaks. Author claim in text: "As truth has presided over our pen, throughout the relation of these uncommon adventures, we are not at liberty to set down words that were never really uttered" (165). Library marginalia (call no.) on back board. ESTC (RLIN) T128642 Raven, J. British fiction, 1750-1770, 524 Block, A. Engl. novel (1961 ed.), 2 Preface The preface. Front "The necessity which custom has intailed upon authors, of prefixing an apology to their performances, makes it requisite for me to say something on introducing the following sheets to the public; and as long prefaces are in general of little estimation amongst the readers of books of entertainment, I will trespass as little upon their patience as possible." The author of the text both identifies as a novelist and distinguishes themself from other novelists. Qui mores hominum multorum vidit. Hor. Satires, on Ulysses Horace He who saw the manners of many men. Translation from Bartleby.com, Horace, no. 400. http://www.bartleby.com/345/authors/247.html. First-person Third-person Only the first and last paragraphs are in third-person. The rest is the narrative of Sable, the black coat. Sable's discourse is broken off mid-sentence because his interlocutor (a white coat) is removed by a human. Pencil Words Numbers Possible bookseller's marks on front and back boards, including the word "Perfect." Author (text) Author (paratext) Generic/Descriptive "I have endeavored to make the author less conspicuous than the moral." Preface Indeterminate CHR 1760 PRO Mendenhall, John C. (donor) Williams, J. Printed for Unauthorized Burd, J. Printed for Unauthorized J. Williams and J. Burd Printed for Unauthorized Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania) PU Early Novels University of Pennsylvania RBC \\Singer-\Menden-\hall\ 10/08/85 C RBC 1 50-547 g. John C. Mendenhall 10/08/85 C Adventure Coat Coat Black Contain Series Remarkable Occurrence Entertain Incident Witness Peregrination City London Westminster Company Variety Character Relate ATM 5/28/15 University of Pennsylvania BS