Thoughts in Prison, In Five Parts, viz. The Imprisonment, The Retrospect, Public Punishment, The Trial, Futurity .

  • Engraved frontispiece portrait of Dodd. [iv], 212 pp. 1 vols. 12mo
  • London: Printed for J. Mawman [etc.], 1809
By (Westhall, Richard) Dodd, William
London: Printed for J. Mawman [etc.], 1809. Later edition, first published in 1777. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Dodd. [iv], 212 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Blue paper boards, rebacked in linen. Scuffed and soiled. Uncut. Later edition, first published in 1777. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Dodd. [iv], 212 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. With a pencil sketch laid down and tipped in, initialled "RW" and captioned in a different hand on the support sheet, "Dr. Dodd's daughter visits him whilst in prison." Despite the intercession of Dr. Johnson and many others, Dodd was hanged in 1777 for forging a bond note.

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