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The Property of Dr Paul Hartle, Senior Tutor and College Lecturer, St Catharine's College, Cambridge, editor of 'The Poetry of Charles Cotton', Oxford University Press, 2017 FREIRE DE ANDRADA (JACINTO) The Life of Dom John de Castro, the Fourth Vice-Roy of India, first edition in English, translated by Sir Peter Wyche, CHARLES COTTON'S COPY, SIGNED, WITH FOUR ASTERISKS at the end of the text, and by Jane Cotton on the title and final leaf, also signed by Sir Philip Francis on title, frontispiece portrait engraved by W. Faithorne, folding engraved view of Diu and one other plate, portrait strengthened at fore-edge, occasional light staining and some rust marks (small hole in 2P1 affecting 2 or 3 letters), modern sprinkled calf, blind ruled borders on sides and in spine panels [ESTC R228844], small folio (288 x 180mm.), Henry Harrington, 1664 Fußnoten Charles Cotton's copy of the scarce first English edition of Andrada's biography of the remarkable Dom João de Castro (1500-1548), governor and fourth viceroy of India. A celebrated military leader, he led the Estado da Índia to the apex of its power following his improbable victory over monsoon winds and Muslim forces at the second siege of Diu (1546). Provenance: Charles Cotton, his signature at the end of the main text on page 272, and that of his daughter Jane on the title-page and on verso of final leaf; Sir Philip Francis (1740-1818, politician and author of The Letters of Junius), ownership signature dated 1788 on title; Paul Hartle.