A genuine account of the behaviour and dying words of William Dodd, LLD
Subtitle: who was executed at Tyburn for forgery, on Friday the 27th of June, 1777
By: by the Reverend John Villette ...
Publisher: Printed for the Author, and sold by J. Bew ...
Published: 1777
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Criminals; Biography; Early works to 1800
Notes: Signatures: A-C⁴.

All copies signed by the author.

"Dr. Dodd's last solemn declaration" (p. 22-24) by Samuel Johnson.

Some copies have "Price six-pence" on the t.p.

Fleeman, J.D. Johnson, 77.6WD/S/12

ESTC T40748

Bequest; Mary Hyde Eccles; February 2004; 2003J-EC508.

Bequest; Mary Hyde Eccles; February 2004; 2003J-SJ542a.

Bequest; Mary Hyde Eccles; February 2004; 2003J-EC136.

Bequest; Mary Hyde Eccles; February 2004; 2003J-EC141.

From the Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson.

Signed by the author; book label of R.B. Adam; from the Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson.

Bookplates of Rev. Morgan Dix and A. Edward Newton; from the Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson.

Inscribed "With compliments"; from the Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson.

This copy has the price on the t.p.

Imperfect: t.p. remargined with some loss of text; authenticating signature trimmed off.

Disbound, inlaid to 22 cm.; housed in a modern black cloth box with 22 other broadsides and pamphlets.

Bound with: Johnson, Samuel. The convict's address. (London, 1777) and Dodd, William. Thoughts in prison. (London, 1777).

Bound in contemporary half calf and pink boards, spine stamped in gilt; hinges cracked.

Bound with: Johnson, Samuel. The convict's address. (London, 1777).

Bound in later half vellum and marbled boards, spine stamped in gilt.

Bound in modern brown boards, spine stamped in gilt; authenticating signature trimmed off at bottom of t.p.