The "frère mendiant" was a 14th-cent. Franciscan whose Spanish travel narrative, edited by Jiménez de la Espada, was published in 1877 under title: Libro del Conosçimiento. The present work contains the African portion (sections XLV-mid LXXII). This is preceded by a short extract from the French account of a voyage made by Jehan de Bethencourt in 1402, Histoire de la premiere descouuerte et conqueste des Canaries, by Pierre Bontier and Jean Le Verrier, originally edited by Bergeron in 1630 (later by Margry under title Le Canarien in his 1896 publication La conquête et les conquérants des Iles Canaries).

The French text (leaves [5-9]) has special t.p., which reads: Pierre Boutier et Iehan Le Verrier. Le canarien, ou Liure de la conqueste et conuersion faicte des canariens ...

The Spanish text (leaves [11-27]) has special t.p., which reads: Libro del conosçimiento. De todos los reynos e tierras e señorios que son por el mundo. Los reynos e tierras de Africa.

"Se tiraron 54 ejemplares en Japon antiguo numerados de 1 a 54"--T.p.

Issued in loose sections in a decorated vellum cover, with printed paper jacket, in a case. The typographic sections are numbered [1-3], 4-5, [6], 7-14, [15-16].

Frère mendiant

Libro del conocimiento

Libro del conosçimiento. Selections. 1959.

Libro del conosçimiento.

Canarien.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Artist & the book, 1860-1960, 243

Goeppert, S. Pablo Picasso : cat. raisonné des livres illustrés, 98

Artists' books > Specimens.

Africa > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.