MANUEL DE FARIA E SOUSA - 1590-1649 SOUSA, Manuel de Faria e.- ASIA | PORTVGVESA. | TOMO I. [II & III] | DE MANUEL DE FARIA, Y SOUSA | Cavallero de la Orden de Christo, | y de la Casa Real.- Lisboa: En la Officina de Henrique Valente de Oliveira, 1666-1675.- 3 vols.: il.; 29 cm.- E. First edition of one of the author's emblematic works. The copy features the following 14 engravings (out of 19) separately, fresh and well preserved (those in the first and second volumes in copperplate and the rest in xilography): Volume I: Santa Helena, Cochin, Quiloa, Cananor, Sofala, Goa , Malacca, Hormuz, Chaul, Vasai and Diu. Volume II: [Island of Mozambique, Daman, Manar, Mangalor, Onor, missing] and Bangalor. Volume III: Muscat and Macao [wooden engravings]. The collation of each volume is as follows: I - [32], 396, [42] p; volume II - [8], 968, [2] p. III - [8], 564, [4] p. The three volumes also feature three engraved frontispieces and numerous copperplate and xilographic prints, integrated into the text, depicting viceroys and other historical characters. All engraved titles with scratched oval stamp, the first volume with restoration on the verso. The three volumes, cropped, with slight browning and occasional stains. Handwritten ownership of Antonio de Sande Machado (1725) and Barreto Alpoim (in all volumes). Full sheepskin bindings, 18th century, slightly worn. Inocêncio, V, p. 416. Auvermann, 493. Arouca, S 530, 531 and 532