FIGUEIREDO, Manuel de Andrade de.- Nova escola para aprender a ler, escrever, e contar: primeira parte.- Lisboa Occidental: Na Officina de Bernardo da Costa de Carvalho, [1722].- [16], 156 p.: 1 portada grav., 1 retrato, [1], 44 gravuras; 30 cm.- E. First and only published part of the most famous Portuguese calligraphy treatise. Complete copy, preserving all the copperplate prints: engraved title with the coat of arms of Portugal over Lisbon, the author's portrait (signed by B. Picart), the calligraphed figure of the knight and the 44 engravings numbered from 1 to 44. Manuel de Andrade de Figueiredo (1670-1735), a leading figure in the calligraphic art of the seventeenth century, laid the foundations for teaching the so-called “Portuguese calligraphic type”. His manual is divided into four parts: the first dedicated to teaching Portuguese spoken and written language; the second presents the different types of letters used at the time; the third establishes the rules of Portuguese spelling; the fourth teaches the basics of arithmetic. The pictures represent calligraphy exercises for students, notions of types design and alphabets of various styles. Two handwritten ownerships on the title page; last section with slight signs of handling; occasional slight stains. Recent full sheepskin binding, with patina and gold tooling on the spine, in the manner of the period. Inocêncio, V, p. 355. Samodães, 151. Ameal, 107. Ferreira Lima (Calligraphers), p. 7 and sec. (with extensive news and reproduction of the author's face and portrait).