[ORDENAÇÕES MANUELINAS] O PRIMEIRO [ao quinto] LI | uro das ordenações.- Lisboa: por Manoel Joam, 1565.- 5 livros em 1 vol.; 28 cm.- E. An important 16th-century Portuguese bibliographic species still shrouded in some uncertainty regarding the different prints and variants, the printer and place or places of printing. In terms of content, the “Manoeline Ordinances”, which were first printed in Lisbon by Valentim Fernandes (1512-1513), replaced the so-called “Afonsine Ordinances”. Its second printing is also from Lisbon, by João Pedro Bonhomini, 1514. In 1521 a new compilation was carried out, which resulted in the printing of Juan Cromberger, a printer of German origin, settled in Seville, followed by several reprints (four?) individualized from each (or some?) of the five books, until 1539. Finally, in 1565, Manuel João's edition was published. The “Manoeline Ordinances” were only replaced in 1603 by the Philippine Ordinances, since before this date no code was enacted to revoke them. The collation of each of the books is as follows. Book one: [3], xcvj f.; Second book: [2], lxix, [1] f.; Third book: [3], xcvi; Fourth book: [3], LXVI f.; Fifth book: [4], xcviij f. Titled copies were only printed in the first and third books. At the end of the last book, the signature of the licensee Mateus Esteves, from Desembargo do Paço. Complete copy, but with some imperfections, namely: first book cover very cropped and with restoration in the lower outer corner; the first three pages of the first book may have been added from another copy; xcv sheet (m6) of the first book, shorter, from another copy; last two sheets with strong and extensive restorations (margins reconstructed) affecting the text on the last sheet; slight browning and occasional marginal stains; numerous marginal annotations of the time. Recent binding, full parchment, with handwritten title on the spine, in the old-fashioned way. National Library (16th century), 745. Library of King D. Manuel II of Portugal, 421.