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The adventures of Sigr. Gaudentio di Lucca : being the substance of his examination before the fathers of the Inquisition at Bologna in Italy : giving an account of an unknown country in the midst of the deserts of Africa... Copied from the original in St. Mark's Library at Venice, With critical notes of the learned Signor Rhedi ... : To which is prefixed, a letter of the secretary of the Inquisition
Berington, Simon (1680-1755); Berkeley, George (1685-1753)
1748
Originally published in English under title: The memoirs of Sigr Gaudentio di Lucca... London, 1737. Also published under title: The life & adventures of Sig Gaudentio di Lucca.
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
Berington, Simon (1680-1755); Berkeley, George (1685-1753)
1737
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."
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
Berington, Simon (1680-1755); Berkeley, George (1685-1753); Thomas Tegg and Son
[1803]
A romance, originally written in English, ascribed to a Catholic priest, Simon Berington. "Often and erroneously ascribed to Bishop Berkeley." -- Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.)