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Description : Di Lucca (Gaudentio - d.i. Berington Simon). THE ADVENTURES OF SIG. GAUDENTIO DI LUCCA - 1765 Gives an account of an unknown country in the Deserts of Africa Book Description: viii + (8)256pp. Original full calf hubbed spine.Book Condition: 53mm crack to top front crease of spine. Leather is heavily chaffed and bare on corners. Some heavy oxidation to title page margins (where leather cover overlap has come into contact with the page). The rest of the text-block is age-toned but otherwise remakably clean throughout. The thread bindings between the text sections are still tight. A very good copy as they go. The Adventures Of Sig. 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 Deserts of Africa The Origin and Antiquity of the People Their Religion Customs and Laws. Copied From the original Manuscript in St. Mark's Library at Venice with critical Notes of the learned Sig. Rhedi. Translated from the Italian. A famous 18th century novel attributed to Simon Berrington (a Catholic priest) of an imaginary voyage to the remote African country of Mezzoraim in the Sahara Desert populated by a race described as descending from & having a similar supposed social system to the ancient Egyptians. The book is sometimes described as an early Lost Race novel. With many many details describing the people & their life habits & customs and the author's supposed travels & activities among them. Orig. publ. anoymously in 1737 and was previously believed to have been written by Bishop George Berkeley it became a very popular work. Published/Printed : 1765 Glasgow Printed by James Knox
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