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The geographical, natural, and civil history of Chili

Title

The geographical, natural, and civil history of Chili

Title Variants

Uniform: Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili

By

Molina, Giovanni Ignazio, 1740-1829

González de Agüeros, Pedro. , Descripción historial de la provincia y archipiélago de Chiloé en el reyno de Chile y obispado de la Concepción.
Falkner, Thomas, 1707-1784 , Description of Patagonia and the adjoining parts of South America.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

[London], Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-Row, 1809

Notes

Apparently a copy of the American edition of 1808, with a few alterations and some additions, but without any acknowledgment of the American original. Cf. Sabin.

Originally published in Italian as two separate works: Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili, Bologna, 1782, and Saggio sulla storia civile del Chili, Bologna, 1787.

Verso of title pages and colophons of v. 1 and 2 read: Printed by J.D. Dewick, 46, Barbican.

"An essay on the Chilian language", v. 2, p. [331]-366, includes vocabulary in Mapuche.

Pagination: v. 1: xx, 321, [3] p., [1] folded lead of plates; v. 2: xii, 385, [3] p.

Signatures: v. 1: [A]² b (b7 verso blank) B-X (T4 verso blank) Y²; v. 2: a (a4 verso blank) B-2B (O5, Y5 versos blank) 2C²

Bookseller's advertisements: v. 1, p. [1-3], 3rd count; v. 2, p. [1-3], 3rd count.

Sabin | 49894.

Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.) | 174567.