Decadas da Asia (Decades of Asia)
by DE BARROS, JOAO
(A history of the Portuguese in Asia (particularly India) and southeast Africa collected and published by Joao de Barros between 1552 and 1563, while living abroad. His work was continued by Diogo do Couto and Joao Baptista Lavanha.)
Lisbon: Officina Typografica, 1778
Twenty-four volumes
Portuguese quarter calf, marbled sides
Size 7 1/8 x 4 1/2 inches (18 x 11.5 cm)
various paginations, with engraved portraits of Barros, Couto, Henry the Navigator, and Afonso de Albuquerque and 5 folding maps.
Very good condition.
An uncut set, with handsome margins.

This is the definitive collected edition of the history of the early discoveries of the Portuguese in Asia, with much material present from other sources that did not appear in the excessively rare original editions, published from 1552 on.
De Barros, referred to as "the Portuguese Livy" was the factor of the "Casa da Índia e da Mina" at a time when Lisbon was the European center for the trade with the East, and thus he was intimately acquainted with the events he describes. This complete work, with its continuation by Diego Couto, is quite rare in commerce.
In this edition, all the material that appeared in the excessively rare originals has been reprinted, corrected and enlarged, and it is additionally accompanied by a volume containing a life of Barros by the historian Manoel Severim de Faria, and a copious index of all the Decades, making it the best edition for the scholar.

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