se limitaram a fazer publicações parciais de certos tomos, livros e capítulos do Paraguay Natural Ilustrado, sendo que, na maioria das vezes, não indicaram as referências completas dos excertos selecionados. A transcrição e a leitura dos volumosos tomos da obra do missionário José Sánchez Labrador nos revelam também muito sobre suas motivações, sobre seu processo de En orden a sus virtudes y facultades medicinales: um estudo sobre o Paraguay ...

This work, located at the General Archive of the Society of Jesus (ARSI), is divided into four volumes in which we found the author's perceptions about the American nature from the Jesuit Province of Paraguay, where he was stationed as a missionary between 1734 and 1767. This article focuses on the second volume-which deals with Botany-and explores Sánchez Labrador's writing through the intertextuality presented in that volume, including authorities of the Natural History in the 18 th century. We also want to understand the «possession» of indigenous knowledge, related to the healing practices adopted by these indigenous peoples.