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The adventures of Signor Gaudentio di Lucca [pseud.] Being the substance of his examination before the fathers of the Inquisition, at Bologna, in Italy. Giving an account of an unknown country in the midst of the desarts [!] of Africa. Copied from the original manuscript in St. Mark's library, at Venice.

Title
The adventures of Signor Gaudentio di Lucca [pseud.] Being the substance of his examination before the fathers of the Inquisition, at Bologna, in Italy. Giving an account of an unknown country in the midst of the desarts [!] of Africa. Copied from the original manuscript in St. Mark's library, at Venice. With critical notes by the learned Signor Rhedi. Translated from the Italian.
Author
Berington, Simon, 1680-1755.
Publication
London, Printed for the Prop., 1803.

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Description
xxx, 233 p.; 18 cm.
Subject
  • Utopias
  • Voyages, Imaginary
Note
  • A purely fictitious account.
  • Originally published under title: The memoirs of Sigr Gaudentio di Lucca: taken from his confession and examination before the fathers of the Inquisition ... London, 1737.
  • Erroneously attributed to Bishop Berkeley. cf. Lowndes. Bibliographer's manual of English literature; and Halkett and Laing. Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous literature.
Call Number
Sc Rare Fic-B (Berington, S. Adventures of Signor Gaudentio di Lucca)
OCLC
  • 8577748
  • NYPGR8577748-B
Author
Berington, Simon, 1680-1755.
Title
The adventures of Signor Gaudentio di Lucca [pseud.] Being the substance of his examination before the fathers of the Inquisition, at Bologna, in Italy. Giving an account of an unknown country in the midst of the desarts [!] of Africa. Copied from the original manuscript in St. Mark's library, at Venice. With critical notes by the learned Signor Rhedi. Translated from the Italian.
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London, Printed for the Prop., 1803.
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Sc Rare Fic-B (Berington, S. Adventures of Signor Gaudentio di Lucca)
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