(BRAZIL) Lettere annue d´Etiopia Malabar Brasil e Goa dall´a

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(BRAZIL.) Lettere annue d´Etiopia, Malabar, Brasil, e Goa dall´anno 1620, fin´al 1624. 343, [1] pages. 8vo, later vellum; staining and erased inscription on title page, errata corrected in early manuscript, washed, a few skillful repairs including restoration of some text to final 4 leaves. Rome: Corbeletti, 1627

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The chapter on Jesuit activities in Brazil (pages 119-136) was written by Manuel de Araujo in 1621. "Quite rare . . . contains mainly religious and biographical information"--Borba de Moraes, page I:475; European Americana 627/66.