Lettres d'une péruvienne
Subtitle: avec la traduction italienne
Contributors: Deodati, G. L.; Bromsen, Maury A.; Mullingham, Sonia
Publisher: Imprimé par R. Hindmarsh, imprimeur à son altesse royale le Prince de Galles, rue Old Bailey
Published: 1795
Place of publication: A Londres
Language: fre
Number of pages: 455
Subjects: Booksellers' catalogs; Social life and customs; Incas; Peruvians; Indians of South America; Fiction
Work titles: Lettres d'une péruvienne
Notes: Attributed to Madame de Grafigny by Weller and Barbier.

First appeared as a fictitious imprint: A Peine [i.e. England? : Wilson?, 1748]

French title page, p. [2], 1st count reads: Lettres d'une Peruvienne, traduites du François en Italien, où l'on a accentué tous les mots, pour donner aux etrangers la facilité d'en apprendre la prosodie. Par M. Deodati. Nouvelle edition; imprint reads: A Londres, : Chez I. Herbert; F. Wingrave; T. Boosey; Molini & Cie.; M. Stace; & Vernor & Hood, 1795.

Italian title page, p. [3], 1st count reads: Lettere d'una Peruviana, tradotte dal Francese in Italiano, di cui si sono accentuate tutte le voci, per facilitar a gli stranieri il modo d'imparar la prosodia di questa lingua. Dal Signor Deodati. Nuova edizione; imprint reads: In Londra, : Presso I. Herbert; F. Wingrave; T. Boosey; Molini & Co.; M. Stace; & Vernor & Hood, 1795.

Translator's dedication to "Madame d'Happoncourt de Graffigni" on p. 8 and 9 signed: G.L. Deodati.

French and Italian on opposite pages.

Novel in the form of 38 letters, mainly from the Inca princess Zilia to her lover Aza. The Inca princess Zilia is kidnapped by Spanish conquerors, captured by the French after a battle at sea, and taken to Europe.

Signatures: A-2P⁶ (N3 missigned G3)

"Books printed for the proprietors": p. [1], 2nd count.

Engraved head and tail piece framing title on primary title page; engraved printer's vignettes on secondary French and Italian title pages; head pieces.

Weller, E.O. Falsche Druckorte, 2: p. 120.

Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes, 10226.

English short title catalogue N37507.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full treed calf.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired from the estate of Maury A. Bromsen.

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Sonia Mullingham (??) November 6th 1797: ms. autograph at head of p. [5], 1st count.