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[BERINGTON, SIMON.]. The Adventures of Signor Gaudentio di Lucca. Being the substance of his Examination before the Father 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....Translated from the Italian. Philadelphia: Re-printed by William Conover, 1799. Second American edition. 8vo. 320 pp. Contemp. tree calf, front cover nearly loose. Text browned. $350.00
Evans 35183. LCP/HSP Afro-Americana Catalogue, 1125, the only edition listed. Early American edition (prior edition was 1796) of this famous imaginary African utopia.