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The memoirs of a Protestant, condemned to the galleys of France, for his religion. Written by himself Comprehending an account of the various distresses he suffered in slavery; and his constancy in supporting almost every cruelty that bigotted zeal could inflicht or human nature sustain; also a description of the galleys, and the service in which they are employed. The whole interspersed with anecdotes relative to the general history of the times, for a period of thirteen years; during which the author continued in slavery, 'till he was at last set free, at the intercession of the court of Great Britain ... ... Translated from the original, just published at The Hague, by James Willington [pseud.].

Accession number
PML 39609-10
Creator
Marteilhe, Jean, 1684-1777.
Published
London : Printed for R. Griffiths, and E. Dilly, 1758.
Notes
In vol. I, page 216 is correctly numbered.
The author was permitted to use on the t.p., the name of James Willington, one of his classmates at Trinity College, Dublin.
A translation made by Goldsmith of "Memoires d'un protestant condamné aux galères de France pour cause de religion, écrits par luimême," i.e. Jean Marteilhe (1684-1777), which was first published at Rath, 1757.
First ed.
First published work of Goldsmith.
Description
2 v.
Provenance
With the exlibri of Ralph H. Isham and Herbert L. Carlebach (his sale Jan. 20, 1948 item 59, the Parke-Bernet Galleries).
Binding
Light calf, gilt by F. Bedford.
Classification
Department