Title: The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man
Title Record # 21097
Author: Robert Paltock
Date: 1751-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
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Author: Robert Paltock
Date: 1751-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
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- Originally published in two volumes, and often reprinted similarly in two volumes. However no single volume portion (excepting the Gutenberg first half) has been published singly.
- Some data from Bleiler's "Science-Fiction: The Early Years", other data as sourced below.
- The full text and images of the first edition Volume 1 and Volume 2 are available at Google Books sourced from The University of Michigan.
- The full text and images of the first edition Volume 1 and Volume 2 are available at The HathiTrust Digital Library sourced from The University of Michigan.
- There is some historical confusion as to the earliest publication date. The first edition volumes themselves appear to clearly state 1751 (MDCCLI), however it appears in a December Catalog from 1750. Possibly this was an early instance of items released early, or perhaps only evidence that it was advertised prior to the printed date of publication. Some historical discussion of this confusion can be seen on page 421 of the 1878 publication 'Bibliotheca Cornubiensis: P-Z'. In that same commentary there is discussion of evidence which suggests that the Anonymous authorship by "R. S." was a publication error, instead it may have been intended to be printed as by "R. P." based on manuscripts and contracts discovered in the mid 1800's. As additional supporting evidence, the Dedication is clearly signed as by "R. P.". Pages 421 and 422 at that link have an extensive bibliography of later printings, that may not all be recorded in the ISFDB.
- Only volume one of the Reeves and Turner edition is on available at Project Gutenberg but it is from an unexpurgated edition.
- Complete title is The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins; A Cornish Man however over the centuries the Canonical Title has been shortened, dropping "A Cornish Man".
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