The life & adventures of Sig. Gaudentio de Lucca
By: written by himself ; giving an account of a country in the midst of the vast desarts of Africa, being unknown to any person except Sig. Gaudentio, and its inhabitants altho' as ancient, populous, and civilized, as the Chinese ; with a particular account of their antiquity, origin, religion, customs, policy, &c., the manner how they got first over those vast desarts, and their method of travelling ; interspersed with several most surprizing and curious incidents ; copied from the original manuscript kept in St. Mark's Library at Venice.
Contributors: Berkeley, George, 1685-1753.; American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: Printed and sold by John Trumbull, at his Printing-office ...
Published: 1796
Place of publication: Norwich [Conn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: Utopias -- Early works to 1800; Voyages, Imaginary -- Early works to 1800; Africa -- Fiction
Genres: Early works to 1800.; Fiction.
Other titles: Life and adventures of Signor Gaudentio de Lucca
Notes: Ascribed to Simon Berington, often erroneously ascribed to Bishop Berkeley. Cf. Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.).
First published under title: The memoirs of Sigr. Gaudentio di Luca, London, 1737. Also published under title: The adventures of Sigr. Gaudentio di Lucca. Cf. BM.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-T²/⁴ U² V⁴ W²(-W2).
LC copy imperfect: p. 45-46 torn with loss of text; p. 1-6, 53-54 wanting.
LC copy has inscriptions: Frederick Bailey's book, Groton, Dec. 2nd, 1800; William Bailey. Marked: Gift: Alice C. Morse, Jan 27, 1941.
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