MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 56052744
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050 00 $aF3444$b.T86 1748a
245 02 $aA true and particular relation of the dreadful earthquake, which happen'd at Lima, the capital of Peru, and the neighbouring Port of Callao, on the 28th of October, 1746 :$bwith an account likewise of every thing material that passed there afterwards to the end of November following$cpublished at Lima by command of the Viceroy, and translated from the original Spanish, by a gentleman who resided many years in those countries ; To which is added a description of Callao and Lima before their destruction, and the kingdom of Peru in general, with its inhabitants ... Interspersed with passages of natural history and physiological disquisitions, particularly an enquiry into the cause of earthquakes ; The whole illustrated with a maps of the country about Lima, plans of the road and town of Callao, another of Lima, and several cuts of the natives, drawn on the spot by the translator.
250 $aThe second edition.
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted for T. Osborne in Gray's Inn,$c1748.
300 $axxiii, [1], 341, [3] p., IX [i.e. 8] leaves of plates (folded) :$bill., maps ;$c21 cm. (8vo)
500 $aSignatures: A⁸ a⁴ B-Y⁸ Z⁴.
500 $aLeaf of plate VII missing in foliation.
500 $aMost plates signed: B. Cole, sc.
500 $a"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, sometimes attributed to Pedro Lozano. Cf. NUC pre-1956, NT 0355678 for the first edition.
500 $a"A full account of the late dreadful earthquake at Port-Royal in Jamaica"--P. [327]-341. Possibly attributed to Rev. E. Heath. Cf. NUC pre-1956 for the first edition.
510 4 $aESTC$cT147502
510 4 $aNUC pre-1956$cNT 0355673
500 $aPublisher's advertisements: [3] p. at end.
650 0 $aEarthquakes$zPeru$zLima$vEarly works to 1800.
651 0 $aLima (Peru)$xDescription and travel$vEarly works to 1800.
651 0 $aCallao (Callao, Peru)$xDescription and travel$vEarly works to 1800.
651 0 $aPeru$xDescription and travel$vEarly works to 1800.
651 0 $aEarthquakes$zJamaica$vEarly works to 1800.
700 1 $aLozano, Pedro,$d1697-1752.
700 1 $aJohnson, H.$q(Henry),$d1698?-1760.
700 1 $aHeath, E.,$cRev.
700 1 $aCole, B.$q(Benjamin),$eengraver.
730 02 $aIndividual, y verdadera relacion de la extrema ruyna que padeciò, la Ciudad de los Reyes Lima, capital del reyno del Perù.$lEnglish.
730 02 $aFull account of the late dreadful earthquake at Port-Royal in Jamaica.