BARROS, JOÃO DE. L'Asia. Italian translation by Alfonso Ulloa. [10], 200; [8], 228 leaves, including blank a8 in Volume 2. 2 volumes in one. 4to, 202x148 mm, old sheep with later marbled paper over covers, spine wormed; conspicuous dampstaining in outer margin opening leaves in Volume 1, scattered minor dampstains elsewhere, blank outer margin excised from last leaf in Volume 2. Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1561
first edition in italian of the first 2 volumes of the first major chronicle of Portuguese exploration in Africa and the East. Penrose, Travel and Discovery in the Renaissance, pages 278-79.
