Reiss & Sohn Auctions 226 - 227 • October 28 - 30, 2025

Lot 1135
López de Castanheda, Historia dell'Indie Orientali. 2 Bde.

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Auction schedule:

29-10-2025 / Lot 1099-1165 / session starting 5.45 PM

López de Castanheda, F. Historia dell'Indie Orientali, scoperte, & conquistate da' Portoghesi, di commissione dell'invitissimo Re Don Manello, di gloriosa memoria. Nuovamente di lingua Portoghese in Italiana tradotti da A. Ulloa. 2 Bde. Venedig, G. Ziletti, 1578. 4to (19,5:14,5 cm). Mit 2 Druckermarken. 20 nn., 518 num., 1 nn. Bll.; 13 nn. (ohne d. weiße), 365 (recte 361), num., 1 nn. Bll. Mod. Lwd. unter teilw. Verwendung alten Ledermaterials, schwarz gefärbter Schnitt.

First Italian edition, second issue (the first issue appeared in 1577). "Although relating principally to the Portuguese in India, China, and the East Indies, this work contains interesting particulars of the Portuguese conquest of Brazil. The first book is the part most important in American history, as it includes Cabral's voyage and others" (Hill Coll. 184 f.). "Originally published in 1551, it contains a good deal on Portuguese contacts with China" (Lust). - Slight browning, upper margin trimmed, few headlines in vol. 1 shaved, some waterstaining to first and last leaves of vol. 1. The black colouration of the edges extends approximately 0.5–1 cm into the leaf margins. Two older stamps to both titles. Bound in recent cloth using old material.

EDIT16, CNCE 9912-9913; Cordier, BS 2304, BJ 29 (1577); Palau 140.962; Streit IV, 972; Alden-L. 578/49; Sabin 11389; Borba de M. 166 (1577); Lust 488. - Erste italienische Ausgabe, zweiter Druck, auch mit Jahreszahl 1577 erschienen. Die portugiesische Originalausgabe war 1551 erschienen. - Teilw. gering gebräunt. Die schwarze Färbung des Schnitts durchgehend ca. 0,5-1cm in die Blattränder eingezogen. Erste u. letzte Bll. in Bd. 1 wasserrandig. Teilw. im oberen Rand knapp beschnitten, in Bd. 1 einige Kopfzeilen angeschnitten. Beide Titel mit 2 älteren Stempeln.

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