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GODINHO, NICOLÃO, S.J. De Abassinorum rebus, déque Aethiopiae Patriarchis Joanne Nonio Barreto, & Andrea Oviedo, libri tres. [16], 414, [2] pages, including final blank. 8vo, 181x107 mm, contemporary vellum boards with ink spine title and shelf number; contents browned, inscription and St. Charles Borromeo Seminary stamp on title, accession number on next leaf. Lyon: Horatius Cardon, 1615
first edition of a work on Ethiopia in 3 parts: the first concerns the land and its people, history, and religion; the second and third deal with the missions of João Nunez Barreto and Andrés Oviedo. Streit-Dindinger XVI, 61-62.
