(JESUITS) Maffei Giovanni Pietro Historiarum Indicarum Libri

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(JESUITS.) Maffei, Giovanni Pietro. Historiarum Indicarum Libri XVI. [4], 570, [2 blank], [28] pages. Folio, contemporary vellum, moderate wear, rebacked in vellum with original spine label laid down; minor worming and foxing, intermittent moderate dampstaining, pages 410 and 419 blank due to a printing error; early inscription and inked stamp on title page. Florence: Giunta, 1588

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first edition of a popular Jesuit history of the Indies. Borba de Moraes, page 508 ("a classic work on the subject . . . writes extensively about Brazil, describing it very accurately"); European Americana 588/57; Palau 146976 ("muy bien impreso"); Sabin 43769.