Guedes Rodrigues' Private Collection
Lot 47:
SOUSA (Manuel de Faria e)
AFRICA Portuguesa por […] Tomo Unico. Lisboa: Antonio Craesbeek de Mello, 1681.
6.º: [ ]3, A-R6, *,*,*2; [6], 208, [10] pp.; 300 mm.
A very rare first edition of this work that focuses on the history of the Portuguese presence in Africa from the conquests of D. João I until 1562. Dedicated by the printer to the “Serenissimo Prince Don Pedro Regente, y Gobernador de Portugal”; there is also a second dedication to D. Ioam da Sylva, Chief Butler of the Royal House. Given as Very Rare by Samodães. Inoc., V, 418 | Samodaes, 1059
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