The astonishing adventures of Sig. Gaudentia di Lucca, as related in a private examination before that secret and dreadful tribunal the Inquisition, at Bologna, in Italy : containing an account of a great nation, existing unknown for above three thousand years, in the impenetrable and barren deserts of Africa
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Type of record: Book
Title: The astonishing adventures of Sig. Gaudentia di Lucca, as related in a private examination before that secret and dreadful tribunal the Inquisition, at Bologna, in Italy : containing an account of a great nation, existing unknown for above three thousand years, in the impenetrable and barren deserts of Africa
Other titles: Memoirs of Sigr. Gaudentio di Lucca
Classmark: YAS 0107
Creator(s): Berington, Simon (1680-1755)
Additional creator(s): Berkeley, George (1685-1753) (Publisher); Thomas Tegg and Son ()
Related people: Berkeley, George
Publisher: Printed for Thomas Tegg and Co.... ; T. Hurst ... ; T. Brown, ...; and B. Dugdale, Dublin. And sold by Champante & Whitrow ,... [and 20 others]
Publication city: London
Date(s): [1803]
Language: English
Size and medium: 40 p., [1] leaf of plates
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/498258
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991010331759705181
Collection group(s): Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society
Description
A romance, originally written in English, ascribed to a Catholic priest, Simon Berington. "Often and erroneously ascribed to Bishop Berkeley." -- Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.)
First published under the title: The memoirs of Sigr. Gaudentio di Lucca, taken from his confession and examination before the fathers of the Inquisition (London, 1737).
Additional description
Bound with 9 other publications. Volume contents: 1. The contrast, or, The last hours of an impenitent and a converted infidel... [18--?]. -- 2. Henry, David, 1710-1792. An historical description of the Tower of London, and its curiosities. [18--?]. -- 3. Yorkshire contested election. Part first. 1807. -- 4. Crabtree, G. Truth against error. 1817. -- 5.The harangues, or speeches, of several celebrated quack-doctors, in town and country. [1750?] -- 6. Douglas Castle, or, The cell of mystery : a Scottish tale. [18--?] -- 7. Littleton, C. M. The enchanted ring. 1810. -- 8. Berington, Simon. Memoirs of Sig. Guadentia di Lucca. [1803]. -- 9. An exact list of all those who voted for and against the late convention in the House of Commons...1733. -- 10. Maclaren, A. Spite and malice. [1811?]. Binding spine title: Yorkshire contested elections 1807 Various pamphlets. Handwritten contents page. Handwritten on verso of illustration for The harangues, or speeches, of several celebrated
quack-doctors, in town and country..
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