Description
- Notes:
- Translated from the original Italian of the Abbe Don J. Ignatius Molina. To which are added, notes from the Spanish and French versions, and two appendixes, by the English editor; the first, an Account of the Archipelago of Chiloe, from the Descripcion historial of P.F. Pedro Gonzalez de Agueros; the second, an Account of the native tribes who inhabit the southern extremity of South America, extracted chiefly from Falkner's description of Patagonia.
- 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.
Table of Contents
- Descripción historial de la provincia y archipiélago de Chiloé en el reyno de Chile y obispado de la Concepción. English. Selections:
- Description of Patagonia and the adjoining parts of South America. Selections:
Citation
"The geographical, natural, and civil history of Chili"
(1809).
John Carter Brown Library.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:577036/
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