in which he declares slavery and the slave trade necessary to imperial economies
Ouvrage orné de six planches en taille-douce
Mireille Pastoureau
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Semedo, Polyanthea medicinal, 1727. Natural History in which he declares slaveryIntroducing drugs from around the world Joo Curvo Semedo (1635 1719). Polyanthea medicinal. Noticias galenicas, e chymicas, repartidas em tres tratados [] Quarta vez impressa []. Lisboa Occidental, Na Officina de Antonio Pedrozo Galram, 1727. Folio in 6s. [60], 312, 317 879, [1 blank], 32, [4], 11, [1 blank], [1], [1 blank] pp. = complete with the advertisement leaf at the end and the 3 plates: an engraved frontispiece showing the Portuguese Royal