The memoirs of Signor Gaudentio di Lucca: taken from his confession and examination before the Fathers of the Inquisition at Bologna in Italy. Making a discovery of an unknown country in the midst of the vast Desarts of Africa, as Ancient, Populous, and Civilized, as the Chinese. With an account of their antiquity, origine, religion, Customs, Polity, &c. and the Manner how they got first over those vast Desarts. Interspersed with several most surprizing and curious Incidents. Copied from the original manuscript kept in St. Mark's Library at Venice: with critical notes of the learned Signor Rhedi, giving an Account of the Manner and Causes of his being seized.
- Berington, Simon, 1680-1755.
- Date:
- MDCCXXXVIII. [1738]
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Also known as
Memoirs of Sigr Gaudentio di Lucca
Publication/Creation
Dublin : re-printed by, and for George Faulkner, MDCCXXXVIII. [1738]
Physical description
xii,[2],310p. ; 120.
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References note
ESTC T155079
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.