FIGUEIREDO, Manuel de Andrade de.- Nova escola para aprender a ler, escrever, e contar: primeira parte.- Lisboa Occidental: Na Officina de Bernardo da Costa de Carvalho, [1722].- [16], 156 p.: 1 portada grav., 1 retrato, [1], 44 gravuras; 30 cm.- E. First and only published part of the most famous Portuguese treatise on calligraphy. Complete copy, retaining all intaglio engravings: engraved title with the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Portugal overlooking Lisbon, the portrait of the author (signed by B. Picart), the calligraphed figure of the knight and the 44 engravings numbered from 1 to 44. Manuel de Andrade de Figueiredo (1670-1735), a leading figure in the calligraphic art of the 1700s, laid the foundations for teaching the so-called “letra caligráfica portuguesa”. His manual is divided into four parts: the first dedicated to the teaching of spoken and written Portuguese; the second presents the different types of letters used at the time; the third establishes the rules of Portuguese orthography; the fourth teaches the basics of arithmetic. The pictures represent handwriting exercises for students, notions of letter design and alphabets of various styles. Copy a little handled, with occasional minor restorations and stains from use and sometimes ink; tear on engraving 25, no lack of support, repaired with old adhesive tape. Contemporary binding, full leather, with some wear and new endpapers. Inocencio, V, p. 355. Samodães, 151. Ameal, 107. Ferreira Lima (Calígrafos), p. 7 et seq.