CORTE-REAL, Jerónimo.- NAVFRAGIO | E LASTIMOSO SVCESSO | DA PERDIÇAM DE MA- | noel de Sousa de Sepulueda, & Dona Lia- | nor de Sá sua molher & filhos, vindo da In- | dia para este Reyno na nao chamada o ga- | lião grande S. Ioão que se perdeo no cabo | de boa Esperança, n aterra do Natal. | E a peregrinação que tiuerão rodeando terras de Ca- | fres mais de 300 legoas tè sua morte. | Composto em verso heroico, & octaua ri- | ma por Jeronimo Corte Real...- [Lisboa]: Na officina de Simão Lopez, Com priuilegio Real por dez annos. M. D. XCIIII. [1594].- [4], 206 f.; 18 cm.- E. Jerónimo Corte-Real (ca. 1533-1588), poet and painter of Renaissance humanism, born in Lisbon, whose most famous work, "Sucesso do segundo cerco de Diu" (Lisbon, 1574), was dedicated to King D. Sebastião. First edition of a tragic poem in seventeen cantos, considered by many to be the most beautiful in the Portuguese language, after "Os Lusíadas". The paper is light weight, so some sections are a little fragile. Copy trimmed with tangential loss of some signatures and claims. Other imperfections: marginal restoration on leaves 25 and 26 (D1 and D2); leaf 46 (F6) with central damage slightly affecting the text; lower margins of last 12 jagged leaves; slight browning and occasional tidal stains. It is, however, complete and solid, requiring intervention. Heraldic ex-libris of Pedro de Carvalho Burnay. Bookstore label of João Pereira da Silva & Filho (back cover). 19th/20th century full sheepskin binding with blind stamped on the covers and gold tooling on the spine (with two minor damages). Samodães, 916. Inocêncio, III, p. 262. National Library (16th century), 200. D. Manuel II Library, 129