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1799 ADVENTURES of Gaudentio di LUCCA in AFRICA antique AMERICANA Philadelphia

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Title: 1799 ADVENTURES of Gaudentio di LUCCA in AFRICA antique AMERICANA Philadelphia

Description: 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.
Philadelphia; 1799
320 pp
Size 4 by 7 1/4
Some wear, foxing, some marginal tears
text in English=

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1799 ADVENTURES of Gaudentio di LUCCA in AFRICA antique AMERICANA Philadelphia

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