Sales catalogue 580: Maggs Bros

Date:
1933
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/124
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 580: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [23] ANDRADA (Jacinto Freire de). THe Lire or Dom JoHNn DE Castro, The Fourth Vice-Roy of India. Wherein are seen the Portuguse’s Voyages to the East- Indies; Their Discoveries and Conquests there, etc. ‘Translated by Sir Peter Wyche. With engraved portrait by W. Faithorne, and two plates. First Epirion, First Issuz. Small folio. Original calf. London, Henry Herringham, 1664. £5 10s Dom John de Castro (1500-1549), the great Portuguese leader in India and Ceylon, overthrew Mahmoud, King of Cambodia, relieved Diu, defeated the great army under Adhel Khan, captured Broach, subdued Malacca, and invaded Ceylon. He was the friend of St. Francis Xavier, and died in his arms. — [24] Tue Lire or Dom JoHn pe Castro. Fine engraved portrait by W. Faithorne, and two plates. Firsr Eprrion. Small folio. Old calf (rebacked). London, Henry Herringman, — 1664. £4 48 Second issue of the First Edition, with shortened title as in the Second Edition. [25 | Tue Lire or Dom JoHNn pve Castro. Wath engraved portrait by W. Faithorne, and two engraved plates. Small folio. Original calf. London, 1693. £3 158 [26] ANECDOTES OF DISTINGUISHED PERSONS, chiefly of the last and two preceding centuries. Wuth numerous engraved plates, views, facsimiles, music, etc, 4 vols., 8vo. Fine copy in original calf. London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804. tk 58 A very interesting series of anecdotes concerning the outstanding figures of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. [27] ARWAKER (Edmund). Tue Birru-Nicur, a Pastoral. First Epirion. 16 pp. Small folio. Wrappers. London, H. Bonwicke, 1705. 41 5s Margins cut rather close. [28] ATKINS (John). A Voyace to Gutnga, Brazit, AND THE West-INDIEs; in His Majesty’s Ships, the Swallow and Weymouth. Describing the several islands and settlements, viz., Madeira, the Canaries, Cape de Verde, Sierra Leon, Sesthos, Cape Apollonia, Cabo Corso, and others on the Guinea Coast; Barbadoes, Jamaica, &c., in the West-Indies. Engraved vignette of a ship on title. 8vo. Original calf. London, Caesar Wood and Richard Chandler, 1735. £8 tos [29 | A VoyacE To GuINEA, BraziL, AND THE WeEst-INpIEs; in His Majesty’s Ships, the Swallow and Weymouth. Engraved vignette of a ship on utle. Second Edition. 8vo. Old calf. London, Ward and Chandler, 1737. 44 4s [5]
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