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Christopher Atkinson, a fraudster. Etching, 1786(?).
Date: 21 June [1786?]Reference: 559443i- Books
Proteus redivivus, or, The art of wheedling or insinuation : obtain'd by general conversation, and extracted from the several humours, inclinations, and passions of both sexes, respecting their several ages, and suiting each profession or occupation / Collected and methodized by the author of the first part of the English rogue.
Head, Richard, 1637?-1686?Date: 1675
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A Chinese man is hanging up from a rope attached to a wooden structure and resting on a bamboo stick held by two Chinese men. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
Date: 1 Jany. 1801Reference: 579694i- Books
Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds / by Charles Mackay ; with facsimile title pages and reproductions of original illustrations from the editions of 1841 and 1852 ; with a foreword by Bernard M. Baruch.
Mackay, Charles, 1814-1889.Date: [1972, ©1932]
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Two episodes about Mr. Muff and Mr. Randle at the races and being swindled out of some money. Letterpress and wood engraving.
Reference: 15609i