The memoirs of Sigr Gaudentio di Lucca : taken from his confession and examination before the fathers of the Inquisition at Bologna in Italy. Making a discovery of an unknown country in the midst of the vast deserts of Africa, as ancient, populous, and civilized, as the Chinese... With critical notes of the learned Signor Rhedi ... To which is prefix'd, a letter of the secretary of the Inquisition, to the same Signor Rhedi, giving an account of the manner and causes of his being seized
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Title: The memoirs of Sigr Gaudentio di Lucca : taken from his confession and examination before the fathers of the Inquisition at Bologna in Italy. Making a discovery of an unknown country in the midst of the vast deserts of Africa, as ancient, populous, and civilized, as the Chinese... With critical notes of the learned Signor Rhedi ... To which is prefix'd, a letter of the secretary of the Inquisition, to the same Signor Rhedi, giving an account of the manner and causes of his being seized
Classmark: BC Pol/BER
Creator(s): Berington, Simon (1680-1755)
Additional creator(s): Berkeley, George (1685-1753) (Other)
Related people: Berkeley, George
Publisher: Printed for T. Cooper
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1737
Language: English
Size and medium: xiii, [3], 335 p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/286768
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002323559705181
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First edition.
Attributed to Simon Berington; erroneously attributed to Bishop Berkeley. Cf. Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.).
Written originally in English and not "translated from the Italian."
Includes the fictionary account of an African Utopia.
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