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Two
Authors —
Three Titles
— Contemporary Marginalia
PETER
MARTYR
Anghiera, Pietro Martire d', and Góis, Damião
de. De rebvs oceanicis et novo orbe, decades tres...item...de
Babylonica legatione, libri III. Et item de rebvs aethiopicis, indicis, lusitanicis
& hispanicis...Damiani a Goes.... Coloniae: Geruinum Calenium & hæredes
Quentelios, 1574. 8vo. [24] ff., 655, [1 (blank)] pp., [15] ff. (lacks final
blank).
Egypt.
The De Babylonica legatione was first appended to the De rebus oceanicis
et novo orbe in 1533. 
Martyr's
Decades are, of course, one of the major sources for the early history of the
New World, for as royal historian to the Spanish court he obtained information
directly from Columbus, Cortés, Vasco de Gama, and other explorers and
conquerors, as well as from memorials and reports submitted to the king.
Spain,
Portugal, Ethiopia, and other regions visited and travelled by the Portuguese.
Góis is one of the most highly regarded 16th century chroniclers of Portuguese
overseas activity (cf. Europe Informed, pp. 76-77).
A
worthy gathering with a good deal of interesting marginalia.
• Alden & Landis, European Americana, 574/1; Adams M755; Sabin 1558; Medina, Biblioteca hispano-americana, 235; JCB, I, 253; Arents, Additions, 3; Palau 12595; Maggs, Spanish Americana, 471; Rodrigues 186 and 809; Borba de Moraes (2nd ed.), Bibliographia brasiliana, 532. Half vellum over late-17th-century, early-18th-century "Dutch" gold-stamped "wallpaper"; gilt-stamped leather label on spine, with small circular paper label pasted below; paper with abrasions and vellum soiled. A sound volume. All edges speckled. Light agetoning; one pin-type wormhole at base of outside margin through first quarter of the book, and a bit of other minor marginal worm-work in the first 10 pages neatly repaired.
Curbing
Contraband
Brazil.
Laws, statutes, etc. 14 November 1757.[drop-title] Eu elrey. Faço
saber aos que este alvará com força de ley virem: Que sendo o
delicto do contrabando hum dos mais perniciosos entre os que infectaõ
os estados.... [Lisbon, 1757]. Folio. 8 pp.
• Quarter green cloth with marbled paper sides, and red leather cover label with gilt-stamped title and gilt ruling.
An Illuminating Collection(Brazilian Commerce).
A collection of 20 alvarás and other royal decrees relating to
Brazilian commerce and administration of the colony. Lisbon and elsewhere,
1754-88.
Folio. Various pagings. 
In all, an interesting sampling of the types of decrees that the kings and queens of Portugal issued in order to maintain order and discipline in the ever-increasingly important colony of Brazil. The value of the documents sold individually totals $6325.00, and the collection price represents a savings of above 20%.
• The vast bulk of these decrees are bound in faux morocco and faux mottled calf; those that are in wrappers or as issued are carefully noted. All are in very good condition.
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JAUNTY
Woodcut Bull at Top(Bullfight Program). [drop-title] Programma. Domingo 18 de fevereiro...em a nova bem construida praça no largo de Santo Antonio de Bomjardina.... [Porto: Imprensa Constitucional, 1838]. 4to (20.4 cm, 8"). [2] ff. 
Rare. No copies traced via the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal’s online catalogue, nor via NUC Pre-1956, OCLC, and RLIN.
• A little light spotting and soiling. Inked numeral on first page.
English Camões in Green Morocco Camões, Luís de. Poems, from the Portuguese of Luis de Camoens. London: J. Carpenter (pr. by C. Whittingham), 1805. 8vo. Frontis., [4], 160 pp.
Click the interior image for an enlargement. Binding: Contemporary dark green straight-grain morocco, spine with gilt-stamped rules, rolls, and devices. Covers framed with a delicately curly gilt-rolled border; the center panels, within, accented by gilt-stamped corner fleurons. A bit of additional filigree in blind appears both within the rules of the gilt border and within the border on each center panel, to nice subtle effect. Gilt inner dentelles. All edges gilt.
• NSTC C355. Binding as above, leather rubbed at edges and joints, spine a bit dimmed. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of John Allan Powell; front fly-leaf with inked inscription dated 1922. A few spots of foxing, pages otherwise clean. A pretty and very English production for this Portuguese poet. A charming volume. (23077)
“Short”? — Certainly Meaty! Geddes, Michael. The history of the Church of Malabar, from the time of its being first discover'd by the Portuguezes in the year 1501. London: Sam. Smith & Benj. Walford, 1694. (19.7 cm, 7.75"). [24], 109, [11], 89–443, [5] pp.
Click the interior image for an enlargement. • Wing (rev.) G446; ESTC R2995; Lowndes, II, 871. Later half vellum with marbled paper–covered sides, spine with inked author's name; paper rubbed, vellum showing a few small scrapes and spots. Small early inked owner's name on title-page. Some leaves browned; one contents leaf with tear from outer margin extending into text for a few words, without loss. (21033)
“We
Shall LoseOur
Whole Income of Mony from Abroad”[Hare,
Francis]. A letter to a member of the October-Club: Shewing, that to yield
Spain to the Duke of Anjou by a peace, wou’d be the ruin of Great Britain.
The second edition, with additions. London: A. Baldwin, 1711. 8vo (20.8 cm, 8.25").
vi, 42 pp.
Swift’s
views on the ramifications of trade with Portuguese America.
This is the second, expanded edition.
• ESTC T58140; Alden & Landis, European Americana, 711/126; Teerink-Scouten 1034. Blue-green paper wrappers, old style. Title-page with small numeric stamp, faint traces of other annotations. Small area of worming in inner margins, touching a very few letters. A few scattered spots, otherwise clean; edges untrimmed.
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