A true and particular relation of the dreadful earthquake which happen'd at Lima, the capital of Peru, and the neighboring 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. Translated from the original Spanish [of P. Lozano], by a gentleman who resided many years in those countries [i.e. H. Johnson]. To which is added, a description of Callao and Lima before their destruction; and of the kingdom of Peru in general ... The whole illustrated with a map 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. [Anon].

  • Lozano, Pedro, 1697-1752.
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view A true and particular relation of the dreadful earthquake which happen'd at Lima, the capital of Peru, and the neighboring 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. Translated from the original Spanish [of P. Lozano], by a gentleman who resided many years in those countries [i.e. H. Johnson]. To which is added, a description of Callao and Lima before their destruction; and of the kingdom of Peru in general ... The whole illustrated with a map 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. [Anon].

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A true and particular relation of the dreadful earthquake which happen'd at Lima, the capital of Peru, and the neighboring 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. Translated from the original Spanish [of P. Lozano], by a gentleman who resided many years in those countries [i.e. H. Johnson]. To which is added, a description of Callao and Lima before their destruction; and of the kingdom of Peru in general ... The whole illustrated with a map 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. [Anon]. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed for T. Osborne, 1748.

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xxiii, 341 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf, folded frontispiece (maps) & plates ; (8vo)

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2nd ed.

Notes

Spine title: Relation of the earthquake at Lima
A variant issue exists, with a different setting of the t.p.
Copy 1 Note: With bookplate of Baron Dimsdale.

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