Lot 150: GODINHO, NICOLAO, S.J. De Abassinorum rebus, déque Aethiopiae Patriarchis Joanne Nonio Barreto, & Andrea Oviedo, libri tres. 1615

Name: GODINHO, NICOLAO, S.J. De Abassinorum rebus, déque Aethiopiae Patriarchis Joanne Nonio Barreto, & Andrea Oviedo, libri tres. 1615
Brand: Swann Auction Galleries
SKU: ee9nsod1or

Est: $1,500 USD - $2,500 USDSold:

Swann Auction GalleriesNew York, NY, USDecember 04, 2008

Item Overview

Description

GODINHO, NICOLAO, S.J. De Abassinorum rebus, déque Aethiopiae Patriarchis Joanne Nonio Barreto, & Andrea Oviedo, libri tres. [16], 414, [2] pages, including final blank. 8vo, contemporary limp vellum with diagonal crack across top of spine; contents browned. Lyon: Horatius Cardon, 1615

Artist or Maker

Godinho

Condition Report

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Notes

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 missionary activities of João Nunez Barreto and Andrés Oviedo. Streit-Dindinger XVI, 61-62.

Auction Details

MAPS & ATLASES, NATURAL HISTORY - TRAVEL BOOKS

Swann Auction Galleries

December 04, 2008, 10:30 AM EST

104 East 25th Street, New York, NY, 10010, US

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