(PERU) Torres Bollo Diego de Relatione breve del Provinci

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(PERU.) Torres Bollo, Diego de. Relatione breve del . . . Provincia del Perú, circa il frutto che si raccoglie con gli Indiani di quel Regno. 92 pages. 8vo, later marbled boards; long repaired tear on title page, dealer description mounted on front pastedown. Milan: Ponte and Piccaglia, 1603

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Second edition, after the Rome edition of the same year. Torres had served for 20 years as a Jesuit missionary in Juli, Cuzco, Quito, and Potosí, before returning to Europe. This early account of his labors is supplemented with Romero y Gasparo's letter from Tucuman, Francesco Vaez's long report from the Philippines, and more. European Americana 603/115; Palau 336830; Sabin 96253n.