Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
This edition doesn't have a description yet. Can you add one?
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Subjects
Early works to 1800, Earthquakes, Description and travelShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1
A true and particular relation of the dreadful earthquake which happen'd at Lima, the capital of Peru, and the neighbouring port of Callao, on the 28th of October, 1746: with an account likewise of every thing material that passed there afterwards to the end of November following
1748, Printed for T. Osborne, in Gray's Inn
in English
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
ESTC T154244
NUC pre-1956 NT 0355671, NT 0355678, NH 022658
The bulk of the work, including the description of Peru and its cities and the scientific observations, is a compilation from various authors, made, not by the translator, but "by another hand." Cf. Pref., p. xiii.
"A true and particular relation of the dreadful ruin in which Lima (otherwise called la Ciudad de los Reyes) capital of the kingdom of Peru, was involved" (p. 131-199) is a translation by Henry Johnson of the "Individual, y verdadera relacion de la extrema ruyna que padeció la Ciudad de los Reyes Lima", first published at Lima in 1746. Cf. NUC pre-1956, NT 0355678.
"Individual, y verdadera relacion de la extrema ruyna que padeció la Ciudad de los Reyes Lima" sometimes attributed to Pedro Lozano. Cf. ESTC.
Signatures: A⁸ a⁴ B-Y⁸ Z⁴.
Leaf of plate VII missing in foliation.
Most plates signed: B. Cole, sc.
"Appendix: A full account of the late dreadful earthquake at Port-Royal in Jamaica, in two letters written by the minister of that place, from a-board the Granada in Port-Royal harbour [1692]": p. [327]-341. The first letter is dated June 22, 1692, the second June 28, 1692. Letters attributed to Rev. E. Heath. Cf. NUC pre-56 NH 022658.
Publisher's advertisements: [3] p. at end.
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?September 11, 2020 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
December 14, 2011 | Edited by ImportBot | import new book |
December 6, 2011 | Created by ImportBot | import new book |