A voyage to St. Kilda : The remotest of all the Hebrides, or Western Isles of Scotland: Giving An Account of the very remarkable Inhabitants of that Place, their Beauty and singular Chastity (fornication and Adultery being unknown among them); their Genius for Poetry, Music, Dancing; their surprising Dexterity in climbing the Rocks, and Walls of Houses; Diversions, Habit, Food, Language, Diseases and Methods of Cure; their extensive Charity; their Contempt of Gold and Silver, as below the Dignity of Human Nature; their Religious Ceremonies, Notion of Spirits and Visions, &c. &c. To which is added, An account of Roderick, the late impostor there, pretending to be sent by St. John Baptist with new revelations and discoveries; his Diabolical Inventions, Attempts upon the Women, &c. By M. Martin, Gent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Martin, d. 1719.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Saint Kilda (Western Isles, Scotland).

Martin, Martin, d. 1719.

Martin, Martin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (63[i.e.79],[1]p.,plate ) map ;

Edition:

The fourth edition, corrected.

Other Title:

Voyage to St. Kilda.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for Dan. Browne, without Temple-Bar; and Lockyer Davis, in Fleet-Street, MDCCLIII. [1753]

Notes:

First published in 1698.

P78, 79 misnumbered 70, 63 respectively.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T90133.

OCLC:

642724675