escrito en italiano por el abate Don Juan Ignacio Molina. Parte segunda, traducida al español, y aumentada con varias notas por Don Nicolas de la Cruz y Bahamonde.
Translation, by Nicolás de la Cruz y Bahamonde, of: Saggio sulla storia civile del Chili. Bologna, 1787.
Original work in Italian is an extended version of the civil history section of the author's: Compendio della geografica, naturale e civile del reyno del Chile. Bologna, 1776 (published anonymously)
A companion volume to: Compendio de la historia geografica, natural y civil del reyno de Chile. Madrid, 1788, and often considered to be part two of that work (cf. title page). However, since the original Italian version was issued in two sections (volumes) with different titles, the Spanish translations of these two works are also treated separately, following Medina.
Edited by Nicolás de la Cruz y Bahamonde.
Signatures: *-2* A-3B (3B4 verso blank)
Page 363 misnumb.: "263"
Portrait of Molina, maps (2, folded) and leaf of plans (folded, consisting of 15 plans) unnumbered; tables (3, folded) numbered: Num. I. [-Num. III.]. Legends and names of all plates in Spanish.
Errata (p. [1] at end)
"Idea de la lengua chilena (p. 332-360). -- "Indice de algunos verbos chilenos." (p. 361-176)
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