1605 HISTORY of INDIA by G. Maffei LATIN antique PIGSKIN Historiarum Indicarum

img{max-width:100%} Historiarum Indicarum libri XVI. Selectarum, item, ex India epistolarum libri IV. by Maffei, G.P.2 parts in 1 volume Antwerp, Nutius ; 1605Maffei's great history of India. Early 17th-century edition of a classic work on "the Indies", including both the West and East Indies, considered the best (Sabin) and the most complete (Borba de Moraes) of the many Latin editions. Based on primary material, it still remains a valuable account today. The work is divided into 16 books. Most of it deals with Portuguese conquests and the Jesuit stations in India, the East Indies, and regions around the Arabian Sea to about 1557. The first 5 books appear to follow rather closely the model of Barros. Book VI, dealing with China and book XII, which is mainly concerned with Japan, are heavily indebted to Valignano's account of those countries. The second part includes a selection of Jesuit letters written from the Indies and translated by Maffei. 36 lvs (=72 pp), 478 pages; 401 pp.,