Oct 18, 2016 - Sale 2425

Sale 2425 - Lot 273

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
MENDES PINTO, FERNÃO. Historia Oriental de las Peregrinaciones. [24] (of [36]), 480 [i. e., 482] pages; lacks 6 preliminaries and last leaf. Folio, 294x192 mm, modern leather, spine faded; contents browned with dampstain in upper inner corner through most of volume, later owner's signature on title, restoration in blank lower margin of O5 and blank outer corners of 2B3. Madrid: Diego Flamenco for Juan del Casar, 1627

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Second edition of the 1620 Spanish version of one of the most popular travel narratives of the 17th century, purporting to describe the author's travels and adventures in Asia. The original version in Portuguese was first published in 1614. Palau 163204.