The history of Paraguay
Containing amongst many other new, curious, and interesting particulars of that country, a full and authentic account of the establishments formed there by the Jesuits, from among the savage natives, in the very centre of barbarism: establishments allowed to have realized the sublime ideas of Fenelon, Sir Thomas More, and Plato
by Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix
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The history of Paraguay: Containing amongst many other new, curious, and interesting particulars of that country, a full and authentic account of the establishments formed there by the Jesuits, from among the savage natives, in the very centre of barbarism: establishments allowed to have realized the sublime ideas of Fenelon, Sir Thomas More, and Plato
1769, Printed for P. & W. Wllson [sic], H. Saunders, W. Sleater, B. Grierson, J. Potts, D. Chamberlaine, and J. Williams
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An abridged translation of: Histoire du Paraguay, first printed Paris, 1756, omitting the travel observations of Lozano, Quiroga and Cardiel, in v.3 of the original.
Pagination: v. 1: vii, [1], 208, 193-463, [1] p.; v. 2: viii, 415, [1] p.
Signatures: v. 1: A⁴ (A1, A4 versos blank) B-2H⁸ (2H8 verso blank); v. 2: A⁴ (A1 verso blank) B-2D⁸ (2D8 verso blank)
Sabin 12133.
English short title catalogue N17727.
John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full calf.
John Carter Brown Library copy acquired from the estate of Maury A. Bromsen.
Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: William. S. Steele: ms. autograph at head of title page in v. 1; James Hall (?) Nicholson: ms. autograph on p. [iii] in v. 1, front pastedown of v. 2, and on title page of v. 2.
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