Psalmanazar´s Memoirs 1764
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PSALMANAZAR, GEORGE. Memoirs of ****. Commonly known by the name of George Psalmanazar, a Reputed Native of Formosa... London (printed for the Executrix) 1764.
8:o. (2), (i)-ii, (1)-364 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait.
Contemporary brown calf, gilt edges of covers, spersely gilt spine in six compartments, redspeckled edges.
George Psalmanazar (c. 1679 - 3 May 1763) was a Frenchman who claimed to be the first native of Formosa (today Taiwan) to visit Europe. For some years, he convinced many in Britain, but was later revealed to be an impostor. He subsequently became a theological essayist and a friend and acquaintance of Samuel Johnson and other noted figures of 18th-century literary London. (Wikipedia).
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
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Auktionsnummer:
457671
Datum:
2017-04-28