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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 most emblematic works of Manuel de Faria e Sousa (1590-1649), poet, humanist and historian, born in Felgueiras. Complete copy, with the following 19 separate engravings (in the first volume copperplate ones, the rest xylographies). Volume I: Saint Helena, Cochin, Quiloa, Cananor, Sofala, Goa, Malacca, Hormuz, Chaul, Vasai and Diu. Volume II: Mozambique Island, Daman, Manar, Mangalor, Onor and Bargalor. Volume III: Muscat and Macao. The collation of each volume is as follows: I - [32], 396, [42] p; volume II - [8], 968, [2] p. III - [8], 564, [6] p. The three volumes also feature three engraved frontispieces and numerous copperplates prints and xylographies, integrated into the text, representing viceroys and other historical characters. The third volume includes the rare final sheet of errata (with a small restoration in the upper outer corner, slightly affecting some lines) which is missing from some copies. Title engraved from volume I, restored and mirrored, with the lower outer corner reconstructed; last leaf with minor restoration. The three slightly trimmed volumes, with slight browning and occasional minor stains, keep all the engravings very fresh and well folded. Old manuscript ownership in the Title of volume I: Da Congraga[çam] do Oratº do Porto. Recent bindings, full stiff parchment, with the title handwritten on the spines. Inocêncio, V, p. 416. Auvermann, 493. Arouca, S 530, 531 and 532.