Vida de D. Joaõ de Castro, Quarto Vice-Rei da India
by De Andrade Jacinto Freire
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Lisbon: Antonio Gomes, 1786. Revised Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments, light wear at edges and hinges. Scattered light foxing, endpapers browned, a few small tears at page edges, one touching some text but with no loss - a clean, bright and fresh copy overall. xiiii, 497pp. With 3 plates and a lovely folding view of Diu. A revised edition of the life of the 15th century explorer, humanist and viceroy first published in 1651. His linking of science and navigation are most evident in his detailed observations of magnetism in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Size: Octavo (8vo). Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Exploration; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 045308.
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- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045308
- Title
- Vida de D. Joaõ de Castro, Quarto Vice-Rei da India
- Author
- De Andrade Jacinto Freire
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Full Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Antonio Gomes
- Place of Publication
- Lisbon
- Date Published
- 1786
- Keywords
- Exploration; Biography & Autobiography. NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography;
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Pazzo Books
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About the Seller
Pazzo Books
Biblio member since 2003
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
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- Calf
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