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Præfecturæ Paranambucæ par borealis una cum Præfecturæ de Itâmarcâ

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Casparis Barlæi Mavritivs redvx. Sive Gratvlatio ad excellentissimum & illustrissimum comitem I. Mavritivm, comitem Nassaviæ ... Cum ex orbe Americano in Europæum sospes appulisset," in verse, p. 334-340.Copy 3: Bound in contemporary vellum, gilt stamped.Copy 3: Imperfect: stubbed throughout.Copy 3: Plates 1-4, 50 unnumbered.Copy 3: The second plate is without the figure on the scaffolding.Illus. half-title, engr. (Res Brasiliæ imperante illvstmo.comite) with the prince's arms and those of Brazil.Portrait signed: Th. Matham fecit. Most of the plates signed: F. Post, and many dated 1645. In this copy the second plate has a figure on the scaffolding in the upper right-hand corner.The map of Chili (with imprint: Amstelodami Guiljelmus Blaeuw excudit) is not included in the numbering of the plates.Title vignette: printer's mark (Bibliotheca Belgica, ser. 2, t. 18. Amsterdam: Blaeu 7).

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Casparis Barlæi, Rervm per octennivm in Brasilia et alibi nuper gestarum, sub præfectura illustrissimi comitis I. Mavritii, Nassoviæ, &c. comitis, nunc Vesaliæ gubernatoris& equitatus fœderatorum Belgii Ordd. sub Avriaco ductoris, historia.

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