Lusitania liberata, de António de Sousa de Macedo (Londres, 1645) MACEDO, António de Sousa de.- LVSITANIA LIBERATA | ab Injusto Castellanorum dominio. | RESTITVTA | Legitimo Principi, Serenissimo JOANNI IV. Lusitaniæ, | Algarbiorum, Africæ, Arabiæ, Persiæ, Indiæ, Brasi- | liæ, &c. Regi Potentissimo. | Summo Pontifici, Imperio, Regibus, Rebus-publicis, cæterisque Orbis Christiani Principus | DEMONSTRATA...- Londini: In Officina Richardi Heron, 1645.- [28], 794, [22] p.: il.; 29 cm.- E. First and only published edition of one of the most important titles in the Restoration. The work, of exceptional graphic quality, is illustrated with the following 14 copperplate prints, almost always printed next to the text, although sometimes with variable placement from copy to copy: 1 - Allegorical cover with title (f. 1r .); 2 - Portrait of King D. João IV (f. 5v); 3 - Lusitana (f. A2v.); 4 - Portrait of Count D. Henrique (p. 58); 5 - Apparition of Christ to King D. Afonso Henriques (p. 93); 6 - Portrait of King D. João I (p. 143); 7 - King D. Manuel I, lying down, with a family tree (p. 165); 8 - Reborn Phoenix (p. 470); 9 - Portuguese dragon curled up at the foot of a fruit tree (p. 542); 10 - King D. João IV on the throne (p. 560); 11 - King D. João IV on horseback (p. 650); 12 - Brigantine dragon on globe (p. 708); 13 - Coat of Arms of Portugal (p. 764); 14 - Allegory to Fame on an obelisk (p. 792). Copy slightly handled and trimmed, with slight browning. King D. João IV portrait mirrored and restored; restoration on the inner margin next to the backbone, in the first notebook. It is, however, complete with all the engravings, including the second that is missing from most copies, matching exactly the detailed description offered to us by the prestigious librarian of Coimbra, Maria da Graça Pericão, in her catalogue of the Viscount of Trindade collection. (220). Entire binding of reconstructed sheepskin, with new endpapers. Palha, 2956. Samodães, 3264. Bibliographical Exhibition of the Restoration, 1461.