REGIME[N]TO & or | denações da fazenda. M. D. xlviij.- [Lisboa: em casa de Germão Galharde, 1548].- 8, cxvj [i. é 115], [2] f.; 29 cm.- E. Second edition of this "Regimento" that reformulates the Manueline edition printed in Lisbon in 1516. The beginnings of the Casa dos Contos (public accounting house) date back to the reign of King D. Dinis, but the oldest regiment (manuscript) dates from 1389 (reign of King D. João I), followed by those of 1419 and 1434 (by King D. Duarte). With the printed regiments of 1516 and 1548, the rules that would guide the Kingdom's public accounting were systematized until the mid-eighteenth century, establishing, among other provisions, the competences of the Treasury's supervisors. The copy has the autograph signatures of Dr. Ruy Gago and the account graduate Bernardim Esteves on the penultimate page, which includes a rare reference to the edition's circulation: 1000 copies. An extensive colophon follows: "Aqui se acaba ho liuro do regime[n]to da fazenda del rey nosso senhor. Foy impresso per autoridade e preuilegio de sua Alteza esta segu[n]da vez: em a cidade d[e] Lixboa em casa de Germão galharde aos. xxv. dias do mes de Feuereyro de mil e quinhentos e quare[n]ta e oyto annos". Copy slightly handled, trimmed, with tangential damage to the top of the woodcut frame of the title page, a little worn, which has two marginal restorations; small central support failure, in the last three sheets affecting some letters; occasional notes and underlining of the period, sometimes marred by the trimming on the outer margin; slight tidal stains on the inner and upper margins (including a few lines of text) in about half the volume. It is, however, 19th century full sheepskin simple binding. Anselmo, 634. National Library (16th century), 770. D. Manuel II Library only mentions the Manueline edition of 1516.