PINTO, Fernão Mendes.- LES | VOYAGES | ADVANTVREVX | DE | FERNAND | MENDEZ PINTO, | FIDELLEMENT TRADVITS DE | Portugais en François par le Sieur BERNARD | Figvier Gentil-homme Portugais.- A Paris: Chez Arnovld Cotinet, et Chez Iean Roger, M. DC. XLV. [1645].- [8], 1020 [i. e. 940], [12] p.; 22 cm.- E Second edition of the first French translation of the famous book by Fernão Mendes Pinto (1510/14-1583), traveler and adventurer, born in Montemor-o-Velho, which was republished in Paris, once again, during the 17th century , in 1663 (the first edition was also published in Paris, in 1628). Fernão Mendes left for India in 1537, having stayed in the East for around 21 years. The “Pilgrimage”, a fantastic account of his troubled adventures, was originally published on the initiative of Fr. Belchior Faria, 31 years after his death (Lisbon, 1614), from the original manuscript bequeathed by the author to Casa Pia dos Penitentes. Copy lightly handled, slightly cropped (especially at the head) and with some browning; Cover page a little dusty. Contemporary binding, full sheepskin, a little worn, missing the first free endpaper. Cordier (Sinica), II, 2067. Palau, 163206. Leite de Faria, 32-2.