A New Discovery of a Little Sort of People
A New Discovery of a Little Sort of People,
Anciently Discoursed of,
Called Pygmies
Barnes, Rev. Joshua
Published by R. Griffiths 1750
£175
Small 8vo. (205x125x10mm.), brown calf spine over marbled paper boards, 73pp., spine rubbed, early repair to marbled paper, early inscription on ffl, internally very good.
A sort of adventure/utopian novel featuring an ‘imaginary voyage into alien or fictional regions’ (Robert Ignatius Letellier). This imaginary voyage was to India. Some religious and utopian socialist overtones. A possible slight influence on Swift and Defoe.
From the title page…”.Their remarkable Affability and Generosity to Strangers;the Age they commonly arrive at; their Abhorrence of Riches and Deceit; their wonderful skill in the Sciences; the Grandeur and Magnificence of the Court; and the Elegance of their Temples, Castles, and other publick Buildings”