Some non-indigenous inhabitants of Goa, according to Theodor de Bry, 1599

Source: ebay, Sept. 2004

"A single leaf from the India Orientalis, published in Frankfurt, Germany, by the master engraver and printer Theodor de Bry in 1599. Engraving depicts an Ethiopian couple and and Arab couple with child, all described as part of the non-indigenous population of Goa."

The cover page of the compilation from which the page above comes (Frankfurt, 1598-1601)

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"BRY, Johann Theodor de (1561-c.1623) and Johann Israel (d. 1611). [The Small Voyages], in Latin. Frankfurt: 1598-1601. 5 volumes in one, 2° (310 x 193mm). Each with letterpress title within engraved architectural border with allegorical figures, engravings with separate letterpress title, 10-line and smaller woodcut initials and headpieces. (First title mounted with closed tear and with fore-margin shaved and chipped, a few tears and chips, soiled, some browning, occasional scattered spotting, chips without loss of text in margins of B2 and H6, some dampstains.) 17th-century calf, panelled in blind with chain and floral tools (rebacked, extremities repaired, front joint repaired, endpapers soiled, three bookseller's descriptions tipped-in on front endpapers). Provenance: annotations in Latin by a number of early hands -- Schmidtchen (bookplate) -- William N. Senn (bookplate).

FIRST, LATIN, EDITION OF THE FIRST FIVE 'SMALL VOYAGES', comprising:

I. [Pigafetta's Congo.] Vera descriptio regni Africani. 14 engravings; lacking 3 double-page maps. Brunet I, 1355; Church 205.

II. [Linschoten's East Indies.] II Pars. Indiae Orientalis. 38 engravings; lacking 3 maps. Brunet, I 1355-6. Church 207.

III. [Linschoten's East India continued, Houtman's East Indies, and de Veer's East Indies]. Tertia pars indiae orientalis. 58 engravings, 4 maps, 2 folding views, an unnumbered plate of coins. The first issue, with the map of Nova Zembla printed on q2 verso. Brunet I, 1356; Church 209.

IV. [Linschoten and Houtman concluded, Neck and van Warwijck's East Indies]. Pars quarta indiae orientalis. 21 engravings. Brunet I, 1357; Church 211.

V. [Neck and van Warwijck's East Indies]. Quinta pars indiae orientalis. 20 engravings. The first issue, with plates VIII-XV printed rectos only. Brunet I 1357; Church 212."