[Rarebooks] FS: Autobiography of a literary fraud. London: 1765

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Psalmanazar, George. MEMOIRS OF ****, Commonly Known by the Name of George 
Psalmanazar; a Reputed Native of Formosa. Written by Himself, In Order to Be 
Published After His Death: Containing an Account of His Education, Travels, 
Adventures... and Pretended Conversion from Heathenism to Christianity... The 
Second Edition. London: Printed for R. Davis et al. 1765. (2),ii,308pp. Copper 
engraved frontispiece portrait. Later mottled calf, gilt ornamented spine & 
covers, red calf spine label.     $500.00 (trade discount allowed)
Interesting autobiography of Psalmanazar (d. 1763), a literary fraud & travel 
writer who claimed to have been born in Formosa, invented a “Formosan” 
language and translated a Church of England catechism into it. After being exposed, 
he went on to become a hack writer and a friend of Dr. Johnson.

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