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(BRAZIL.) Conceição, Apollinario da.
Primazia serafica na regiam da
America.
[36], 366, [1] pages. 4to, modern
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4
calf, minor wear; title page and final page
worn and laid down on paper, a few other leaves with moderate water damage and/or
marginal repairs; title page in red and black.
Lisbon: de Sousa da Sylva, 1733
[1,500/2,500]
FIRST EDITION
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A history of the Franciscans in America. Borba de Moraes, page I:197 (“an
excellent reference work and very scarce”); European Americana 733/9; Sabin 15099.
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(BRAZIL.) Durão, José de Santa Rita.
Caramurú: poema epico do descubri-
mento da Bahia.
307, [2] pages. 16mo, contemporary calf, minor wear; minor foxing.
Lisbon: Regia Officina, 1781
[1,500/2,500]
FIRST EDITION
.
An epic poem on the wreck of a Portuguese ship off Bahia, and the massacre
of the survivors by Indians. Borba de Moraes, page I:279; Sabin 21416 (“very popular in
Brazil, and often reprinted”). One known at auction since 1982.
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(BRAZIL.) José I, King of Portugal.
Group of 6 printed decrees, most
concerning Brazil and the Indians.
Folio, disbound (one in modern wrappers).
[Lisbon, 1755-67]
[300/400]
Decrees dated 7 June 1755, 28 June 1759, 3 September 1759, 3 October 1759, 28
February 1761, and 28 August 1767. The first one relates to the Indians of the states of
Maranhaõ and Pará, and begins “Eu el Rey. Faço saber aos que ester alvará com força de ley
virem, que, havendo restituido aos indios do Graõ Pará, e Maranhaõ a liberdade das suas
pessoas, bens, e commercio.” Fuller titles upon request.
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