FREIRE, Francisco de Brito.- NOVA | LUSITANIA, | HISTORIA DA | GUERRA | BRASILICA | A | PURISSIMA ALMA | E | SAVDOSA MEMORIA | SERENISSIMO PRINCIPE | DOM THEODOSIO | PRINCIPE DE PORTVGAL, | E | PRINCIPE DO BRASIL. | POR | FRANCISCO DE BRITO FREYRE. | DECADA PRIMEIRA.- Lisboa: Na Officina de Joam Galram, 1675.- [16 (i. é 14)], 460, [8], 64, [39, 1 br.] p.; 30 cm.- E. A working copy of the original edition of a work of capital importance to the history of Brazil, namely from 1630 to 1638. The author (ca. 1625-1692) was admiral of the Portuguese Fleet in Brazil and governor of Pernambuco (1661-1664) ), which allowed him to describe the events at first hand, having also had access to extensive documentation, both Portuguese and Dutch. The edition includes an engraved allegorical frontispiece, which is missing from the present copy. It also includes the «Viage [sic] da Armada da Companhia do Commercio, e Frotas do Estado do Brasil», with its own title page, dating from 1655 ([8], 64 p.). The last group of 39 numbered pages corresponds to the index. The copy also lacks the second preliminary sheet (beginning of the dedication) and has some serious defects, the main ones being the following: mirrored title page with browning and serious restoration, extending to the two following sheets; last two leaves with less profound restoration, especially on the outer margin. The rest of the sheets are cropped, but clean and without noticeable defects. Binding from the 19th century(?), full sheepskin. Inocêncio, III, p. 361. Borba de Moraes, p. 324/326 (rare). Samodães, 484. Auvermann, 1051. Arouca, F 187.