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 Damião de Góis
Damiani Goes Eqvitis Lvsitani, De Bello Cambaico Vltimo Commentarii Tres
Lovanii, Apud Seruatium Sassenum Diestensem, M. D. XLIX. [1549]
In 8.º Binding: full calf (green morocco) gilt at spine and cover frame, inside cover boards with elaborate gilt with several rolled tools and silk fabric. Illustrated with two engravings (in titlepage and verso of last folio) with the picture of Damian de Goes. Work on the war and siege of the Indian city of Diu and the defeat of the Army and Muslin Fleet, which is one of the most celebrated heroic deeds of the Portuguese in India. Extremely rare first edition of one of the most important reports about the second siege of Diu, in 1545. Leite de Faria 15. BM (STC dut, fle) 87. Henriques Bibliografia Goesiana 35.
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