Lote 2907

[Brazil]. Barlaeus, C.

Rerum per octennium in Brasilia, et alibi gestarum sub praefectura illustrissimi comitis I. Mauritii Nassaviae &c. comitis, historia. Kleve, T. Silberling, 1660, 2nd ed., (12),664,(21)p., 3 fold. maps (2x handcol.), 5 fold. views (2x handcol.) and a small plate of a solar eclipse, later hcalf, sm. 8vo.

Lote: 2907
Subasta: Auction 80, 13-17 May 2024
Sección: OLD and RARE BOOKS
Estimación: 400 € – 600 €
Remate: 600 €
Fotos: 2 fotos

Estado

Lacks the engr. title, the portrait and the heraldic plate. Otherwise a fine copy.

Notas

Sabin 3409; JCB 26; Bosch 127; Rodrigues 346; cf. Borba de Moraes p.78-79. The first edition of the so-called small Barlaeus, first published in folio by Blaeu in 1647. This second edition enlarged w. 4 treatises on the climate and medicinal plants of Brazil by G. Piso.