[Rarebooks] FS: Important early work on Brazil. Geneva: 1585

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Lery, Jean de. HISTOIRE D'UN VOYAGE FAICT EN LA TERRE DU BRESIL, Autrement 
Dite Amerique. Contenant la Navigation & Choses Remarquables... Avec les 
Figures, Reveue, Cor. & Bien Augm. de Discours Notables en Ceste 3. ed. 
(Geneva): Antoine Chuppin. 1585. 8vo. (68),427,(15)pp. Index & Errata. Two leaves 
of the index misbound. Lacking the folding woodcut plate. Text illustrated 
with 8 full-page woodcuts, and with 5 pages of musical notation. 17th century 
calf, gilt spine. Extremities a bit rubbed, but overall quite sound. Text 
with occasional old soiling, the final leaves with a brown stain along the top 
margin. Starting at around p. 370, a small wormhole slowly enlarges to 
affect (at worst) a portion of the last 3 lines of text at the bottom of the 
page; the readability of some words is affected.     $2,500.00 (trade discount 
allowed)
An important early work (the first ed. is 1578) on Brazil and the author's 
experiences with its native peoples. The third ed. of 1585. is notable for 
being the first to present the famous melodies (music) by Lery, called "the 
first Brazilian musical document in existence." See Borba de Moraes I p. 403. 
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