THE LIFE OF THE PENURIOUS JOHN ELWES, ESQ. WITH REMARKABLE ANECDOTES, &C. WRITTEN BY CAPTAIN TOPHAM by Topham, [Edward] - 1793

London: Printed for J. Parsons..., 1793. 12mo. Port. frontis of Elwes. 49, [1 blank] pp. Bound in modern marbled wrappers, scattered spotting. Good+.

A rare biography of Elwes. Elwes was a wealthy British eccentric, critical of British conduct during the American Revolution, who clothed himself in rags and would endure much inconvenience to save himself a few pence, though he was worth about a million pounds.
FIRST EDITION. ESTC 169841 [4- Rylands, Oxford, U London, Brown]. Not located on OCLC as of January 2022.