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LOT 670
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[South Africa. India.] Cabreyra, Joseph de. Naufragio da Nao N. Senhora de Belem

feyto na terra do Natal no cabo de Boa Esperança & varios sucessos que teve o capitaõ Joseph de Cabreyra, que nella passou à India no anno de 1633 (...). Lisbon, L. Craesbeeck, 1636, 69,(2) p., modern antique style leather by Invicta Livro (Porto), w. gilt ribbed spine, sm. 4to.

Lvs B2-3 and I2-3 replaced in very fine photocopy on old paper, professional restorations (incl. leaf D2, w. some loss of text), waterst. in outer blank throughout. Sold w.a.f. From the library of the writer and journalist José Neves Águas (1920-1991), w. his bookplate verso title-p. The very rare original edition, no copies in NCC and just a handful of copies traced in libraries worldwide. For an extensive description on this account, see Colvin, The Cape of Adventure, being strange and notable discoveries, perils, shipwrecks, battles upon sea (...) (London, 1912), p. 161-170 (available online).

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