MACHADO, Simão, O.F.M.- COMEDIAS | PORTVGVESAS. | Feitas pello excellente Poeta, | Symão Machado. | Comedias do Cerco de Dio. | primeira, & segunda parte. | Comedias da Pastora Alfea. | primeira, & segunda parte. | Nesta vltima impressaõ, enmendadas, & acrescenta- | das, dous Entremeses, & quatro Loas famosas.- Em Lisboa: Por Antonio Aluarez. Anno de 1631.- [2], 94, [12] f.; 19 cm.- E. Apparently this is an unusual variant of the second printing, with the same date, of the comedies of Simão Machado (f. 1601-1640), a Franciscan religious, of whom little is known, who used, as a rule, the name of Fr. Boaventura Machado. In reality, the title page does not correspond to the description of Inocêncio (I, p. 388 and VIII, p. 403) which indicates “Nesta segunda impressão...”, nor to the copy of the Samodães catalogue (1921), which reproduces a different frontispiece. The collation is also slightly different from those indicated in these two references, as it only includes two preliminary sheets. In the variants with the indication «Segunda impressão» there are three preliminary pages, the second including a dedication to D. Francisco de Sá de Meneses, Count of Penaguião. But the copy exactly matches the description of the BNP copy. The recipient is also mentioned in the frontispiece of the reproduction of Samodães. However, this dedication disappears, both in the preliminary pages and in the titlepage of the present variant. Slightly cropped specimen, with slight foxing and occasional minor stains. Marginal restoration on the last sheet; two small seams in ferrogal paint, causing foxing (f. F6 and H2). Title page with two small patched faults (± 28x21 mm) probably to eliminate stamps from the Livraria de Alcobaça (one is still preserved in front of the second folio). Ex-libris of Aníbal Fernandes Tomás (but not mentioned in his bookstore catalogue). Contemporary binding, full flecked sheepskin, slightly worn, keeping the original endpapers in plain paper. Palha, 1236. Arouca, M 58.