The memoirs of Majr. Alexander Ramkins, : a Highland officer, being an account of several remarkable adventures, during twenty eight years service in Scotland, Germany, Italy, Flanders and Ireland; exhibiting a very agreeable and instructive lesson of human life, both in a public and private capacity, in several pleasant instances of his amours, gallantry, oeconomy, &c..
Ramkins, Alexander,1672-1719?
Defoe, Daniel,1661?-1731,attributed name.
Mercantile Library of Philadelphia,former owner.StEdNL
Dublin: : Printed for Will. Smith, in Dames-Street, Geo. Faulkner, in Essex-Street, and Oli. Nelson, in Skinner-Row, booksellers,,
MDCCXLI [1741]..
Written in the first person. "Whether there was a real-life Ramkins remains an open question."--Furbank and Owens.
Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Arthur W. Secord, Hutchins, Moore, Novak). Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions.
ESTC
Provenance: stamp on verso of title page reads: "Mercantile Library Philad."
Ramkins, Alexander, 1672-1719?