Les voyages et avantures du Capitaine Robert Boyle : où l'on trouve l'histoire de Mademoiselle Villars, avec qui il se sauva de Barbarie; celle d'un esclave italien, & celle de Dom Pedro Aquilio, qui fournit des éxemples des coups les plus surprenans de la fortune; avec la relation du voyage, du naufrage & de la conservation miraculeuse du Sr. Castelman, où l'on voit une description de la Pensylvanie & de la Philadelphie sa capitale. Traduits de l'anglois
Please note
This item is held off-site and must be pre-ordered before your visit. Please use the link to the printed items catalogue (below) to request this item. See the Access and usage section below for further details.Details
Type of record: Book
Title: Les voyages et avantures du Capitaine Robert Boyle : où l'on trouve l'histoire de Mademoiselle Villars, avec qui il se sauva de Barbarie; celle d'un esclave italien, & celle de Dom Pedro Aquilio, qui fournit des éxemples des coups les plus surprenans de la fortune; avec la relation du voyage, du naufrage & de la conservation miraculeuse du Sr. Castelman, où l'on voit une description de la Pensylvanie & de la Philadelphie sa capitale. Traduits de l'anglois
Other titles: Travels and adventures of Captain Robert Boyle
Classmark: Anglo-French 3 1730/CHE
Creator(s): Chetwood, W R (1766)
Additional creator(s): Victor, Benjamin (1778) (Other); Castleman, Richard (Other); Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731) (Other)
Related people: Victor, Benjamin; Castleman, Richard; Defoe, Daniel
Publisher: Chez les Wetsteins & Smith
Publication city: A Amsterdam
Date(s): 1730
Language: French
Size and medium: 2 v in 1
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/246196
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991015075429705181
Description
By William Rufus Chetwood, also attributed to Benjamin Victor and to Daniel Defoe.
"Although some parts of the book, such as Boyle's voyage, are usually considered fictional, Castelman's is often considered authentic." -- Echeverria & Wilkie.
Vol. 1: [8], 341, [1] p., [4] leaves of plates; v. 2: [2], 276, [12] p., [4] leaves of plates.
Index, v. 2, p. [1-11] at end.
Echeverria & Wilkie. French image 730/1.
Access and usage
Access
This item is stored off site at Western Campus and must be ordered online using the 'Printed items catalogue' record link shown below. Store requests are processed each weekday morning and we aim to make items available within 48 hours. You will receive an email from Special Collections when the item is ready to consult in the Reading Room. The item will be held in Special Collections for 2 weeks.
Access to this material is unrestricted.
Request this item from the printed items catalogue (use 'request here')