The life of David Hume, Esq; the philosopher and historian

The life of David Hume, Esq; the philosopher and historian / written by himself. ; To which are added, the Travels of a philosopher, containing observations on the manners and arts of various nations, in Africa and Asia. From the French of M. le Poivre, late envoy to the King of Cochin-China, and now intendant of the Isles of Bourbon and Mauritius.

Author/creator	Hume, David, 1711-1776
Other author/creator	Smith, Adam, 1723-1790.
Other author/creator	Strahan, William, 1715-1785.
Included Work	Poivre, Pierre, 1719-1786. Voyages d'un philosophe. English.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Robert Bell, next door to St. Paul's Church, in Third-Street, M,DCC,LXXVIII. [1778]
Description	62 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm (8vo)
Supplemental Content	Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)	Hume, David, 1711-1776. Agriculture--Tropics. Asia--Description and travel. Africa--Description and travel.

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 15914. ^A478749
General note	Issued as part of: Miscellanies for sentimentalists ... Philadelphia : Robert Bell, 1778 (Evans 15914). Also issued separately (Evans 15853).
General note	Printed in two columns.
General note	"Letter from Adam Smith, LL.D. to William Strahan, Esq; giving some account of Mr. Hume, during his last sickness."--p. [9]-13.
General note	"Travels of a philosopher: containing, observations on the manners and arts of various nations, in Africa and Asia. From the French of M. le Poivre ..."--p. [15]-62, with separate title page.
General note	Bookseller's advertisement, p. [64].
References	Evans 15914
Other forms	Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction note	Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 15914).
Genre/form	Travel literature.
Genre/form	Booksellers' advertisements Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

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