Translation, by Urbain Chauveton, of: Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique, first printed La Rochelle, 1578, but containing material suppressed there

Place of publication suggested by Alden

Roman numeral date on title page made with reverse C's

Also issued as part of: Historia Indiae Occidentalis tomis duobus comprehensa / by Girolamo Benzoni, [Geneva]: Eustathius Vignon, 1586

The author gives an account of Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon's colony in Brazil and the Tupi Indians who inhabited the country

"Colloquium in ipso aditu Brasiliensis orae inter indigenasTououpinambaultios Tououpinenkin Brasilicè ac Latinè conscriptum", p. 271-297, contains numerous phrases in the Tupi language translated into the Latin language, a discussion of grammar with examples, and a comparative glossary of words in Tupi and Latin. There are also numerous words and phrases in the Tupi language scattered throughout the text

Includes musical notations with words in the Tupi language on p. 219-220

Signatures: ***** (****7 verso, ****8 blank) ²A-Y Z ²a (²a4 missigned A4)

Errata: p. [1], 4th count

Includes index

Woodcut printer's ornaments on title page; head and tail pieces; initials

Arents, G. Tobacco

Moraes, R.B. de. Bib. Brasiliana (1983 ed.)

Alden, J.E. European Americana

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary blind tooled pigskin

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Frederick Augustus, Duke of Sussex: armorial bookplate on front pastedown; P. Brunsonij: ms. autograph on title page; Jo. Lyell: ms. autograph on title page

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