A voyage to St. Kilda The remotest of all the Hebrides, or Western Isles of Scotland: Giving An Account of the very remarkable Inhabitants of that Place, their Beauty and singular Chastity (fornication and Adultery being unknown among them); their Genius for Poetry, Music, Dancing; their surprising Dexterity in climbing the Rocks, and Walls of Houses; Diversions, Habit, Food, Language, Diseases and Methods of Cure; their extensive Charity; their Contempt of Gold and Silver, as below the Dignity of Human Nature; their Religious Ceremonies, Notion of Spirits and Visions, &c. &c. To which is added, An account of Roderick, the late impostor there, pretending to be sent by St. John Baptist with new revelations and discoveries; his Diabolical Inventions, Attempts upon the Women, &c. By M. Martin, Gent
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
printed for Dan. Browne, without Temple-Bar; and Lockyer Davis, in Fleet-Street
1753, MDCCLIII. [1753]
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| Edition: | The fourth edition, corrected |
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| Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Item Description: | English Short Title Catalog, T90133. - First published in 1698. - P78, 79 misnumbered 70, 63 respectively. - Reproduction of original from British Library |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (63[i.e.79],[1]p.,plate) map 8° |