A Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits, & Present State of the Gypsies; Designed to develope the Origin of this Singular People, and to promote the Amelioration of their Condition.
London: Wm. Alexander York, 1816. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo, viii, 9-266pp [2 pp. ads] Original paper covered boards, paper title label on spine. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. The author, John Hoyland (1750-1831) was a Yorkshire Quaker, who had great sympathy for the plight of British Gypsies - to..... More