Fonseca, Luis; Cabral, Francisco (1529-1609); Portillo, Jerónimo Ruiz del
Lettres du Iappon, Peru, et Brasil, envoyees au R.P. general de la Societé de Iesus, 1578. Paris, thomas Brumen.
First edition of the first published account of Fonseca’s letter from Bahia with Salema’s expedition to Cabo Frio against the Tamoios Indians
Exceedingly rare first edition of this collection of missionary letters from mostly Portuguese missionaries, here published for the first time, with early and firsthand news from Brazil and the rebellion of the Tamoios Indians, a pivotal moment in the settlement and conquest of Brazil, as well as reports from Japan.
Exceedingly rare first edition of this collection of missionary letters from mostly Portuguese missionaries, here published for the first time, with early and firsthand news from Brazil and the rebellion of the Tamoios Indians, a pivotal moment in the settlement and conquest of Brazil, as well as reports from Japan.
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Small octavo, (160 x 100 mm), modern gilt-ruled brown morocco, spine in compartments with gilt lettering and ornament; inner dentelles, marbled endpapers; all edges gilt; 110, [2] pp.; title-page browned and with light staining at the margins, the woodcut device in facsimile, laid in (although no defect appears evident beneath it); occasional light foxing.
Provenance: the collection of Nicolas Ingleton, Australia.
Provenance: the collection of Nicolas Ingleton, Australia.
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