BOOK
Title:
Remarks on the internal evidence for the truth of revealed religion
Creator:
Erskine, Thomas, 1788-1870
Publication:
Finley, Philadelphia, 1823.
Extent:
171 p. ; sextodecimo.
BOOK
Title:
An historical and geographical description of Formosa an island subject to the emperor of Japan: giving an account of the religion, customs, manners, &c. of the inhabitants. Together with a relation of what happened to the author in his travels ; particularly his conferences with the Jesuits, and others, in several parts of Europe
Creators:
Psalmanazar, George, 1679?-1763 | Oswald
Publication:
Printed for Mat. Wotton ... [and 5 others], London, 1705.
Notes:
A fabrication. The author's real name is unknown. "Psalmanaazaar ... wrote in Latin, and the main portion of his manuscript was translated by Mr. Oswald ... what was not due to his own imagination he borrowed from Varenius's 'Description regni Japoniae et Siam' (Amsterdam, 1649) or Candidius's 'Voyages. - Dict. nat. biog.
Extent:
28 p. l., 288, [8] p., [13] leaves of plates (some folded) : iil., maps, ports ; 20 cm.