Apr 07, 2022 - Sale 2600

Sale 2600 - Lot 296

Price Realized: $ 7,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(BRAZIL.) Tomás Tamayo de Vargas. Restauracion de la ciudad del Salvador i Baía de Todos-Sanctos, en la Provincia del Brasil. [8], 178, [4] leaves. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear; moderate foxing, leaves 177 and 178 bound out of sequence at end; marca de fuego on top edge. Madrid: viuda de Alonso Martín, 1628

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First edition. In 1624, the Dutch captured the Brazilian city of Salvador in Bahia. This book recounts the Portuguese and Spanish recapture of Bahia the following year. Borba de Moraes, p. 845 ("rare"); European Americana 628/126; Medina BHA 850 (calls for apostillada leaf not found here or in Google Books examples); Palau 327113; Sabin 94280. None traced at auction since 1986.