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, late library-keeper of the said library ; to which is prefixed a letter of the secretary of the Inquisition, to the same Signor Rhedi, giving an account of the manner and causes of his being seized.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berington, Simon, 1680-1755.

Contributor:

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

William J. and Irma S. Roach Fund.

Berkeley, George, 1685-1753, attributed name.

Faulkner, George, 1703?-1775, printer.

Standardized Title:

Memoirs of Sigr. Gaudentio di Lucca

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Utopias--Early works to 1800.

Utopias.

English fiction--18th century.

English fiction.

Voyages, Imaginary--Early works to 1800.

Voyages, Imaginary.

Penn Provenance:

Nesbitt, J. D. (autograph) (RBC copy)

Physical Description:

xii, 310, [2] p. ; 17 cm (12mo)

Fingerprint:

nahe t.to eris weof (3) 1738 (R)

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Re-printed by, and for George Faulkner, MDCCXXXVIII [1738]

Notes:

"In fact written in English by Simon Berington. Sometimes wrongly attributed to Bishop Berkeley."--ESTC. Cf. also P.B. Gove, Imaginary voyage in prose fiction, p. 298-299, and T.E. Jessop, Bibliography of George Berkeley, 225.

First issued: London, 1737, "translated by E.T. gent." Later editions have title: The adventures of Signor Gaudentio di Lucca.

Signatures: [A]⁶ B-O¹².

Woodcut factotums, head-pieces and tail-piece.

Type ornament head-piece.

Local Notes:

RBC copy has ms. note in pencil on leaf E9r.

RBC copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2019 from Antiquates Fine & Rare Books.

RBC copy has autograph ("J.D. Nesbitt") at head of title leaf.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the William J. and Irma S. Roach Fund.

Cited in:

ESTC T155079

OCLC:

55545810