The life surprising adventures

Title: The life surprising adventures

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Printed: Crieff, 1774
Printer: J. Taylor, bookseller

The life surprising adventures and heroic actions of Sir William Wallace, general and governor of Scotland was printed for J Taylor in Crieff. The text is based on the Latin prose history of Wallace by John Blair. William Hamilton adapted it for this edition in modern English.

About the printer

There is no information about the printer in the book. Some doubts remain as to whether the text was indeed printed in Crieff. However, since the item was printed for the local booksellers J Taylor & Co., the firm was probably also in the printing business in Crieff.

The nearest presses where the book might otherwise have been printed were in Stirling and Perth.

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