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BARROS (João de). DÉCADA Primeira da Ásia de João de Barros. Lisboa. 1752.

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BARROS (João de)

DÉCADA Primeira da Ásia de João de Barros. Dos Feitos, que os Portuguezes Fizeram no Descobrimento, e conquista dos mares, e terras do Oriente, e novamente dada a luz. Lisboa: Na Officina de Pedro Ferreira, 1752.

¶6, A-Z, Aa-Cc8; [6], 208 pp.; 300 mm. Full vellum with some wormholes in spine; stained.

Third edition of the First Decade of João de Barros. Originally published in 1552, it had a second edition in what is known as the ‘Senate Edition’ in 1628, followed by the present one. Rare.

 

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