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JACINTO FREIRE DE ANDRADE - 1597-1657 The life of Dom John de Castro ANDRADE, Jacinto Freire de.- THE | LIFE | OF | DOM JOHN | DE | CASTRO, | The Fourth Vice-Roy of | INDIA. | Written in PORTUGUESE | BY | Jacinto Freire de Andrada, | AND | Translated into English, by | Sir PETER WYCHE, Knight.- The Second Edition, with Sculptures.- London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1693.- [20], 272, [19, 1 br.] p.: 1 gravura desdobrável; 29 cm.- E. Second Edition (the first dates from 1664). Sir Peter Wyche (1628-1699), English diplomat and scholar, born in London, he was founder and Chairman of the Royal Society. The work is dedicated to Queen Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II of England. The Edition includes a foreword by the translator with a summary of the history of Portugal. Copy with acidity, handled and lacking the portrait of D. João de Castro; the fold-out engraving of Diu is trimmed and with imperfect margins; title page with stains. Half-leather binding, 20th century.