Moll Flanders (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders)

The census entry needs correcting on the year. The true first is the London edition printed for W. Chetwood and T. Edling with a title page dated 1721, issued 27 January 1722; describing the first simply as "the 1722" inverts the real test, because a 1722 date printed on the title page marks a later edition, not the first. Note also that the imprint spells the second bookseller "T. Edling," whereas the man is recorded as Thomas Edlin. There is no UK/US or original-language precedence issue — Defoe wrote in English and London holds the first. Two further editions followed within 1722, and Dublin and continental reprints follow after; all are later editions at best.