THE LIFE OF DOM JOHN DE CASTRO, THE FOURTH VICE-ROY OF INDIA.
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Seller: Livraria Castro e Silva, Lisboa, PortugalLivraria Castro e Silva
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BY JACINTO FREIRE DE ANDRADA. Written in PORTUGUESE, AND By Sr Peter Wyche K. Translated into English. LONDON, Printed for Henry Herringman, and are to be sold at his Shop at the Sign of the Anchor on the Lower walk in the New Exchange. 1664. In fólio de 28,5x19 cm. Com [xx], 272, [xix] págs. Encadernação da época com lombada em pele (restaurada) e pastas revestidas a papel decorativo da época. Ilustrado com 3 gravuras: - Um belo retrato de D. João de Castro, encimado pelo brasão do vice-rei, no qual se utilizou a chapa do retrato da autoria de Lucas Vosterman que aparece nas edições portuguesas de 1651, 1671 e 1703, gravado nesta edição por W. Faithorne, tendo sido apenas alterada a legenda para inglês.- Uma gravura de página inteira, entre as páginas 36 e 37, com reprodução do Altar do Apóstolo São Tomé em Meliapor e as suas inscrições em sânscrito, existente quando da chegada dos portugueses à Índia (uma prova da existência do cristianismo antes da era colonial).- Um belíssimo mapa em fólio duplo, entre as páginas 72 e 73, aberto em chapa de metal, com um panorama sobrelevado da Fortaleza de Diu. Bela impressão com os caracteres do texto apresentados em caixa tipográfica constituída por filetes, estampada sobre papel de linho muito encorpado e com muita sonoridade. Exemplar muito limpo. Primeira edição inglesa desta obra com grande interesse internacional, muito rara quando completa e em bom estado. Livro muito popular, uma das obras-primas em prosa da literatura portuguesa e, ao mesmo tempo, uma importante fonte histórica sobre a guerra e o cerco à cidade de Diu, atestada pelas inúmeras edições e pelas traduções para inglês e latim que teve (em latim pelo jesuíta P. Francisco Maria del Rosso, impressa em Roma 1727). Obra dividida em quatro livros acompanhados de um índice analítico. Enriquecida com muitas cartas de diversos personagens históricos, como D. João de Castro, D. João III, Infante D. Luís ou S. Francisco Xavier. Inclui pormenorizada descrição da magnífica Capela dos Castros, erigida no Convento de S. Domingos de Benfica, onde repousam os restos mortais de D. João de Castro e dos seus descendentes. O Segundo Cerco à fortaleza portuguesa de Diu pelas forças do sultanato do Guzerate, capitaneadas por Coge Sofar, mercador e senhor de Surrate, teve lugar entre Abril e Novembro de 1546. Este acontecimento de incontestável importância para o ?Estado da Índia?, definiu a governação do Vice-Rei D. João de Castro (1545-1548) e representou a derradeira tentativa Guzerate para retomar a fortaleza de Diu, anteriormente entregue aos portugueses em 1535. Coge Sofar, cujo retrato figura nesta obra, era senhor de Cambaia e aliado aos turcos de Sulimão Paxá. Foi derrotado pelos portugueses no segundo cerco de Diu, comandados em terra por D. João de Mascarenhas e por mar por D. João de Castro. Pereceu nesta luta o próprio Coge Sofar e D. Fernando de Castro, filho do Vice-Rei português. Jacinto Freire de Andrade (Beja, 1597 ? Lisboa, 1657) foi presbítero secular, historiador, bacharel em Cânones pela Universidade de Coimbra e um poeta barroco. In folio (28.5x19 cm) with [20], 272, [19] pp. Binding: Contemporary one quarter bound in leather with contemporary decorative paper on boards. Very rare first English edition of what is considered one of the classics of the Portuguese literature (Cf. Brunet I, 263) translated by Sir Peter Wyche. The Life of the Portuguese Vice-Roy of India Dom João de Castro, written by demand of Jacinto Freyre de Andrade, was printed the first time by order of his grandson, Bishop Francisco de Castro, in Lisbon, in 1651 (13 years before this English edition with the patronage of Queen Catherine of England, a Portuguese princess married to King Charles II). Illustrated with engraved portrait of D. João de Castro, and his coat-of-arms. Engraved plate hors-text (p. 36-37) reproduces the Altar of the Apostle S. Thomas in Meliapor, and its inscriptions in Sanskrit language, which already existed at the time of t.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- THE LIFE OF DOM JOHN DE CASTRO, THE FOURTH VICE-ROY OF INDIA.
- Author
- FREIRE DE ANDRADE. (Jacinto)
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Seller catalogs
- Bibliofilia do Século XVII* / 17th Century Prints, Descobrimentos e Cartografia / Discoveries & Cartography, Índia / India
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