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The adventures of Sig. Gaudentio di Lucca : 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 deserts of Africa, the origin and antiquity of the people, their religion, customs, and laws / copied from the original manuscript in St. Mark's library at Venice ; with critical notes of the learned Signor Rhedi ; to which is prefixed, a letter of the secretary of the Inquisition, shewing the reasons of Signor Gaudentio's being apprehended, and the manner of it ; translated from the Italian.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PR3318.B35 M4 1799
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berington, Simon, 1680-1755, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Memoirs of Sigr. Gaudentio di Lucca
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Utopias--Early works to 1800.
- Utopias.
- Voyages, Imaginary--Early works to 1800.
- Voyages, Imaginary.
- Genre:
- Early works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Butler, James (bookplate) (Kislak Center copy)
- Physical Description:
- 320 pages ; 19 cm (12mo)
- Fingerprint:
- heas n.a- s.y. hiwh (3) 1799 (A)
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Re-printed by William Conover, no. 71, Walnut street, 1799.
- Notes:
- "First published at London in 1737 under title: The memoirs of Signor Gaudentia de Lucca."--ESTC.
- "Not a translation. Attributed to Berington in the New Cambridge bibliography of English literature. Sometimes wrongly attributed to George Berkeley."--ESTC.
- Signatures: A-U⁶ V⁶ W⁶ X-2A⁶ 2B⁴.
- Errors in pagination: pages 270 and 271 numbered 170 and 721, respectively.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2021 from The Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company.
- Kislak Center copy has on front pastedown bookplate ("JAMES BUTLER'S BOOK. No. 101") with the number supplied in manuscript.
- Kislak Center copy "missing pieces of leather from front cover and top and bottom of spine; ... front cover reattached using Japanese long-fiber method. Silverfish or roach damages to front free endpaper, fly-leaf, and title-page (costing small ... portion of two letters); damage also to lower outer corners of early leaves and upper inner area of leaves to p. 10 of preface"--Bookseller's description.
- Cited in:
- ESTC W10142
- Evans 35183
- OCLC:
- 5084132
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