Epitome historial, y conquista espiritual del imperio Abyssino, en Etiopia la alta, o sobre Egypto, a cuyo emperador svelen llamar Preste Juan, los de Europa.

[32], 204, [12] p. ; 22 cm (4to) First and only edition of a chronicle mainly relating the spiritual conquests of the Portuguese, in the lands supposedly once ruled by the mythical Prester John (Abyssinia, Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan). The book summarizes the entire history of the first contacts with westerners in these lands. It includes an account of the massacre of the Portuguese and Spaniards by the Muslim Turks in Sudan and accounts of Spanish missionaries murdered in the Americas, notably the West Indies, Venezuela, Panama and Martinique Signatures: [par]⁴ ([par.]1 verso blank) 2[par.]⁴ 3[par.]⁴ 4[par.]⁴ A-2D⁴ Errata: page [24], 1st count Title page printed within ornamental woodcut border; head and tail pieces "Cathalogo de los venerables martyres Capuchinos, de quienes se haze mencion en este Epitome": p. [4-8], 3rd count "Index de los avtores, e instrvmentos, que se citab en este Epitome historial, y tratan de los frutos espirituales de la Capucha": p. [9-12], 3rd count Purchase; 17-214 Purchase; 20-064