LEÃO, Duarte Nunes de.- PRIMEIRA PARTE | DAS CHRONICAS DOS | REIS DE PORTVGAL, REFOR- | MADAS PELO LICENCIADO | DVARTE NVNEZ DO LIÃO, DESEM- | bargador da casa da Supplicação, per | mandado del Rei Dom Philip- | pe o primeiro de Portu- | gal, da gloriosa | memoria. | [gravura com as armas de Portugal].- Em Lisboa: Impresso por Pedro Crasbeeck, 1600.- [2], 239, [8] f.; 27 cm.- E. Edition published in the last year of the 16th century, comprising the chronicles of Count D. Henrique, D. Afonso Henriques, D. Sancho I, D. Afonso II, D. Sancho II, D. Afonso III, D. Dinis I, D. Afonso IV, D. Pedro I and D. Fernando I. The chronicle of King D. João I was only printed in 1643. Duarte Nunes (1530-1608), erudite historian, graduated in Law and judge of the Casa da Suplicação, after the death of Cardinal King D. Henrique, he warmly embraced the cause of Filipe I, whose right to succession he defended in writing against those who challenged him. Copy with library stamp (unidentified) poorly erased on the title page (with small loss of support), on page 1 (f. A1) and, probably, on page 239 (f. Ll4) with restoration. Small marginal wormhole (restored) on leaves 3, 4 and 5. Old handwritten ownership mark on the lower margin of the title page (Me. Fr. Mel. Pinto). White leaves added before leaves 82 and 135, 174. Otherwise, a copy slightly cropped and with slight browning, but generally clean. Recent binding, full rigid parchment, with laces and gold tooling on the spine and covers, which present, in the centre, the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Portugal, gold engraved. Anselmo, 523. Samodães, 2247. BN (16th century), 406. Library of King D. Manuel II of Portugal, 242.