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

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(TRAVEL) 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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