The English rogue
Subtitle: described, in the life of Meriton Latroon, a witty extravagant ; being a compleat history of the most eminent cheats of both sexes ....
Contributors: Kirkman, Francis, 1632-ca. 1680.
Series: Library of English literature -- LEL 22066-67.
Publisher: Printed for Henry Marsh
Published: 1665
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Rogues and vagabonds
Notes: Part 1, p. 389 misnumbered 38; pt. 2, p. 208 misnumbered 116.

Title page varies: pt. 2, The English rogue: continued in the life of Meriton Latroon, and other extravagants. Comprehending the most eminent cheats of most trades and professions.... The second part. Licensed Feb. 22, 1668. London, Printed for Francis Kirkman, and are to be sold at his shop, 1671; pt. 3, The English rogue: continued in the life of Meriton Latroon and other extravagants: comprehending the most eminent cheats of both sexes.... The third part. With the illustration of pictures to every chapter. London: Printed by Anne Johnson for Fran. Kirkman, and are to be sold at his shop, 1674; pt. 4, The English rogue: continued in the life of Meriton Latroon, and other extravagants.

Comprehending the most eminent cheats of both sexes.... The fourth part. With the illustration of pictures to every chapter. London, Printed for Francis Kirkman, and are to be sold by William Rands, 1680.

Part 1 was written by Head, part 2 by Kirkman. "Kirkman asserted that in the third and fourth parts Head and himself had collaborated, and the preface to the fourth part is signed by both. Head, however, disclaimed responsiblility for any part except the first."--Dictionary of national biography.

"Motley picaresque work, from Spanish and other sources."--Cambridge bibliography of English literature.

"The book is full of indecent episodes, but many of the hero's adventures are racily told. It appears that when the manuscript was first presented to the censors of the press, license was refused on the ground of its indecency, and that it was first distributed secretly and sold largely as a forbidden book.... If, as seems probable, the extant editions, with their coarse language and episode, present the expurgated version, Head's original draft must have been singularly disreputable."--Dictionary of national biography.

Possibly the 1874 London reprint.

Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 2 microfiches : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 22066-67)

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