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The life & adventures of Sig Gaudentio di Lucca
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The life & adventures of Sig Gaudentio di Lucca: [microform] / written by himself. ; Giving an account of the country in the midst of the vast desarts [sic] of Africa, being unknown to any person except Sig. Gaudentio, and its inhabitants, altho' as ancient, populous, and civilized, as the Chinese. With a particular account of their antiquity, origin, religion, customs, policy, &c.--the manner how they got first over those vast desarts [sic],--and their method of travelling. Interspersed with several most surprising and curious incidents. ; Copied from the original manuscript kept in St. Mark's Library at Venice.
Edition
First American edition.
Published
Norwich [Conn.]: : Printed and sold by John Trumbull, at his printing-office a few rods west from the court house., M,DCC,XCVI. [1796]
Physical Description
130 p. ; 17 cm. (12mo)
Notes
Not a translation, though so described in some editions. Attributed to Berington in the New Cambridge bibliography of English literature. Sometimes wrongly attributed to George Berkeley.
First published at London in 1737 under title: The memoirs of Signor Gaudentio de Lucca.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-T²⁴ U² V⁴ W1
Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 30059).
Format
Books / Microforms
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Evans, C. American bibliography, 30059
Trumbull, J.H. List of books printed in Connecticut, 1709-1800, 1916
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