12 results filtered with: Swindlers and swindling
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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.
Richard HeadDate: 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
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The fool and the knave uncas'd or A true narrative of the abominable cheats of Vincent & Collins, two Domincan friers [sic] living in London.
Date: Printed in the year 1678- 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.
Charles MackayDate: [1972, ©1932]- Books
The sorcerer's tale : faith and fraud in Tudor England / Alec Ryrie.
Alec RyrieDate: 2008
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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
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Two episodes about Mr. Muff losing money gambling at the races. Letterpress and wood engraving.
Reference: 15615i- Books
Gypsy lifestyles / John B. McLaughlin.
McLaughlin, John B. (John Bruce), 1933-2009Date: [1980], ©1980- Books
The hawkers and street dealers of the north of England manufacturing districts : quack doctors, cheap johns, ... being some account of their dealings, dodging, and doings / by Felix Folio [pseud].
Page, John, of Manchester.Date: 2005- Books
The mediaeval Islamic underworld : the Banū Sāsān in Arabic society and literature / by Clifford Edmund Bosworth.
Clifford Edmund BosworthDate: 1976
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A man is horrified at the high cost of a meal in a tavern while the two women whom he has entertained enjoy his discomfort. Engraving by S. Sangster, 1851, after A.L. Egg.
Augustus EggDate: 1851Reference: 27170i