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  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 midst of the deserts of Africa, the origin and antiquity of the people, their religion, customs, and laws. / Copied from the original manuscripts 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, shewing the reasons of Signor Gaudentio's being apprehended, and the manner of it. ; Translated from the Italian.
  Date of publication:
  1799
  

  Author(s):

  Berington, Simon, 1680-1755. and Berkeley, George, 1685-1753.
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  Not a translation. Attributed to Berington in the New Cambridge bibliography of English literature. Sometimes wrongly attributed to George Berkeley. First published at London in 1737 under title: The memoirs of Signor ...
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  The travels of Cyrus. To which is annexed, a discourse upon the theology and mythology of the pagans. / By the Chevalier Ramsay.
  Date of publication:
  1793
  

  Author(s):

  Ramsay, Chevalier (Andrew Michael), 1686-1743. and Fréret, Nicolas, 1688-1749.
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  "A letter from M. Freret ... to the author, concerning the chronology of his work."--p. [342]-352.
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  The hermit: or The unparalleled sufferings and surprising adventures of Philip Quarll, an Englishman. Who was lately discovered upon an uninhabited island in the South-Sea, where he lived above fifty years, without any human assistance. : Containing, I. His conference with those who found him; to whom he recited the most material circumstances of his life: his being born in the parish of St. Giles, educated by the charity of a lady, and put out apprentice to a lock-smith. II. His leaving his master, and being taken up with a notorious house-breaker, who was hanged; his lucky escape, and going out to sea a cabin-boy, marrying a famous prostitute, enlisting a common soldier, turning singing-master, and afterwards marrying three wives, for which he was tried and condemned at the Old Bailey. III. His being pardoned by the King, turning merchant, and being shipwrecked on this desolate island on the coast of Mexico. : With an elegant frontispiece.
  Date of publication:
  1795
  

  Author(s):

  Longueville, Peter, fl. 1727. and Bicknell, Alexander, d. 1796.
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  Caption title: The English hermit. Preface signed: W.L. [i.e., P.L. (Peter Longueville)?]. Signed on p. 263: Ed. Dorrington. Attributed to Longueville in: Esdaile, Arundell. "Author and publisher in 1727. 'The English ...
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  A Wonderful discovery of a hermit, who lived upwards of 200 years.
  Date of publication:
  1786
  

  Author(s):

  Buckland, James. and Fielding, John.
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  The hermit was purportedly discovered by Capt. James Buckland and Mr. John Fielding, who in 1785 "agreed to travel into the western parts of this vast country, to explore the regions which belong to these United States, ...
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  The voyages and adventures of Captain Robert Boyle, in several parts of the world. Intermixed with the story of Mrs. Villars, an English lady, with whom he made his surprising escape from Barbary. : Likewise including The history of an Italian captive, and the Life of Don Pedro Aquilio, &c. : Full of various and amazing turns of fortune.
  Date of publication:
  1792
  

  Author(s):

  Chetwood, W. R. (William Rufus), d. 1766. ; Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. ; Victor, Benjamin, d. 1778. and Yonge, William, Sir, d. 1755, dedicatee.
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  Attributed to Willaim Rufus Chetwood in the Dictionary of national biography. Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe and to Benjamin Victor. Dedicated to Sir William Yonge. Errors in paging: p. 48 and 174 misnumbered 36 and ...
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  The western wonder, or, O Brazeel, an inchanted island discovered with a relation of two ship-wracks in a dreadful sea-storm in that discovery : to which is added, a description of a place, called, Montecapernia, relating the nature of the people, their qualities, humours, fashions, religions, &c.
  Date of publication:
  1674
  

  Author(s):

  Head, Richard, 1637?-1686?
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  Reproduction of original in Cambridge University Library. Attributed to Richard Head. cf. NUC pre-1956. A satire on Ireland and Wales.
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  The man in the moone, or, A discourse of a voyage thither by F.G., B. of H. ; to which is added Nuncius inanimatus, written in Latin by the same author, and now Englished by a person of worth.
  Date of publication:
  1657
  

  Author(s):

  Godwin, Francis, 1562-1633.
  Description:
  Two versions of Nuncius inanimatus, Latin and English, included, each with special t.p. and separate pagination. Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library.
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  The description of a new world, called the blazing-world written by the thrice noble, illustrious, and excellent princesse, the Duchess of Newcastle.
  Date of publication:
  1668
  

  Author(s):

  Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674. and Newcastle, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1592-1676.
  Description:
  First separate ed., published 1666, with: Observations upon experimental philosophy. Commendatory poem by William, Duke of Newcastle: 2nd prelim. leaf. Reproduction of original in British Library.
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  The Isle of Pines, or, A late discovery of a fourth island near Terra Australis Incognita by Henry Cornelius van Sloetten.
  Date of publication:
  1668
  

  Author(s):

  Neville, Henry, 1620-1694.
  Description:
  "Wherein is contained a true relation of certain English persons who, in Queen Elizabeths time, making a voyage to the East Indies, were cast away and wracked near to the coast of Terra Australis Incognita and all drowned ...
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  Observations upon experimental philosophy to which is added The description of a new blazing world / written by the thrice noble, illustrious, and excellent princesse, the Duchess of Newcastle.
  Date of publication:
  1666
  

  Author(s):

  Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.
  Description:
  "The description of a new world called the blazing new world" has separate t.p. Reproduction of original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library.
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