The geographical, natural and civil history of Chili

Title Variants

Alternative: Civil history of Chili
Alternative: Natural history of Chili
Uniform: Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili

By

Molina, Giovanni Ignazio, 1740-1829
Molina, Giovanni Ignazio, 1740-1829
Molina, Giovanni Ignazio, 1740-1829

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Middletown, (Conn.), printed for I. Riley, 1808

Notes

Verso of half-title pages read: R. Alsop, Printer, Middletown, Conn.

Translation, by Richard Alsop, and, according to some sources, by William Shaler, of: Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili. Bologna, 1782 (v. 1) and of: Saggio sulla storia civile del Chile. Bologna, 1787 (v. 2). Some notes translated from: Compendio de la historia geografica, natural y civil del reyno de Chile. Madrid, 1788; Compendio de la historia civil del reyno de Chile. Madrid, 1795; and Essai sur l'histoire naturelle du Chile. Paris, 1789.

The two original works in Italian, combined in the present edition in English, are extended versions of: Compendio della storia geografica, naturale e civile del regno del Chile. Bologna, 1776 (published anonymously)

Text in English; diagnoses of taxa of animals, plants and minerals in Latin.

Volume I. includes: "A methodical table of the various species of natural productions described in this work, arranged in the manner of Linnæus." (p. [239]-248). -- "A supplement to the table of the

"An essay on the Chilian language": v. 2, p. [285]-305, with a vocabulary in Mapuche.

"An appendix to the Civil and political history of Chili, ..." (v. 2) has special title page and independent signatures and paging.

Pagination: v. 1: [8], xii, 271, [3] p., [1] folded leaf of plates; v. 2: [5], iv-viii, [2], 305, [3], iv, [1], 6-68 p.

Signatures: v. 1: pi² 1 B-2N chi1 (pi1 verso, 1 verso, 2I3 verso, 2N4 verso, chi1 verso blank); v. 2: pi² 1 A-2P 2Q² ²[A] ²B-²H ²I² (pi1 verso, 1, F4 verso, O4 verso, 2N2, 2Q2 blank)

Errors in paging: v. 1, p. 163 misnumbered "I63"

Errata: v. 1: p. [2], 4th count; v. 2: p. [1], 5th count.

Map unnumbered; legend and names in English.

Shaw & Shoemaker | 15628.

Backer-Sommervogel | 5: col. 1166 (no. 4)

Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.) | 174566.

Stafleu & Cowan | 6206.

Subjects

Chile , Description and travel , History , Imprint 1808 , Indian linguistics , Mapuche Indians , Mapuche language , Natural history , To 1810

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.62670
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/03002763