Translation, by François Arnault de la Borie, of the author's: Historiarum indicarum libri XVI, first printed Florence, 1588.

Dedication, p. [3-4] and p. [1], 1st and 2nd counts, signed and dated: François Arnault de la Boirie, de Perigueux le 12. Ian. 1602.

This is a reprinted issue, with a cancelled title page, of that printed in Paris by Jean Pillehotte in 1603.

Includes references to Brazil and the native population in book 2, p. 87-140.

Signatures: A¹⁰ (A1 verso blank) B-3Q⁸ 3R⁴

Includes index.

Engraved Jesuit trigram on title page; head and tail pieces; initials.

Streit, R. Bibliotheca missionum, V:50.

Bibliotḧque de la Compagnie de ̌Jsus, V: col. 299.

Moraes, R.B. de. Bibliographia brasiliana (1983 edition), II: p. 509.

European Americana 604/43.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in later full vellum over boards.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Saint Mariana Fund.