The geographical, natural, and civil history of Chili / 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.

  • Molina, Giovanni Ignazio, 1740-1829.
Date:
1809
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About this work

Also known as

Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili. English

Publication/Creation

London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme ..., 1809.

Physical description

2 volumes : folded frontispiece (map) ; (8vo)

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

References note

Palau 174567

Holdings

  • Complete set

Where to find it

  • Vol. 1

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    EPB/B/37034.v1
  • Vol. 2

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    EPB/B/37034.v2

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