[ORDENAÇÕES MANUELINAS.- Grande gravura xilográfica com as armas de Portugal com serpe alada no timbre] ¶ O primeiro [& segundo] liuro das ordenaçoes ¶.- Euora; Lixboa: Iacobo Cronberguer alemam, 1521.- 2 livros em 1 vol.; 28 cm.- E. First edition of the second compilation of laws in Portugal (the first edition of the first compilation dates from 1512-1513 and came off the presses of Valentim Fernandes). Volume consisting of the first two books of the "Ordenações Manuelinas", with the third, fourth and fifth books missing. The collation of the two books is as follows: O primeiro liuro das ordenações: [3, 1 br.], CLX f.; "Aqui começa o segu[n]do liuro": [2], LXIX, [1] f. The edition is printed entirely in rotunda Gothic characters, with only the frontispieces of the first and third books being printed. Each book has its colophon at the end: [Livros primeiro]: ¶ "Aqui acaba o p[ri]meiro liuro das ordenações. Foi impresso em ha çidade Deuora por Jacobo cronberguer aleman". [Livro segundo]: ¶ "Aqui acaba o segu[n]do liuro das ordenações. Foy impresso em ha çidade d[e] Lixboa por Jacobo cronberguer aleman". (followed by the registration). Old inscription crossed out, on the upper margin of the second sheet (tauoada); slight stain on the last two leaves; inscription of the period, on the back of the last page with the beginning of the text of the "Ordenação da ordem do juízo". Some notes from the period, sometimes damaged by the trimming. For the rest, a slightly trimmed specimen (carmine edges), but with good margins, exceptionally well maintained and clean. Contemporary full parchment recovered binding, with new endpapers and silk ties. Anselmo, 534. BN (16th century), 743 (of the five examples described, only one is complete). D. Manuel II Library, 367 (with the five books)