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Journey around the world with a long stay in India

CUBERO SEBASTIAN, Pedro.
Breve relacion, de la peregrinacion que ha hecho de la mayor parte del mundo.
Madrid, Juan Garcia Infançon, 1680. Small 4to (20 x 14.5 cm). With the title-page in a border built up from cast fleurons, woodcut coat of arms of the dedicatee Charles II of Spain, and some woodcut initials and tailpieces.Gold-tooled morocco, by the leading Barcelona binder Emilio Brugalla (1901-1987), with the arms of the Spanish bibliophile Isidoro Fernandez (1878-1963) stamped in gold on front and back, gilt edges. [20], 360 pp.
€ 18,000
First edition of an interesting and detailed account of the first overland journey from Spain to the East Indies (1671-1680) by the Spanish missionary Pedro Cubero Sebastian. After spending time in Italy where he was appointed as a missionary to Asia and the East Indies, Cubero travelled by way of Istanbul and Moscow to Iran, before he finally arrived in India. He describes the Indian west coast and specifically Goa at length, covering many pages and going into great detail, describing a city in decay. His then crossed to the east coast of India, where he stopped in Madras. There he was struck by the religious rituals that he encounters and describes Hindu traditions. After crossing to Malacca he was thrown in into prison by the Dutch and later banished from the city. He then proceeded to the Philippines and then crossed the Pacific to Mexico and returned to Europe.
With bookplates on pastedown and contemporary ownerships inscription on title-page of Pere de Ribes-Vallgornera i de Boixadors, Marquès d'Alfarràs, who was enobled by Philip V in 1702. Some occasional foxing and a small restoration, replacing the outer lower corner of the title-page in a subtle facsimile. With very narrow margins, occasionally just shaving the headlines and quire signatures. Otherwise in very good condition. Howgego, to 1800, C225; Lach & Van Kley, Asia in the making of Europe III, p. 360; Palau 65756; Sabin 17819; for the author: F.T. Noonan, The road to Jerusalem: pilgrimage and travel in the age of discovery (2007), p. 104.
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