CONESTAGGIO, Geronimo Franchi de.- THE | HISTORIE OF | THE VNITING | OF THE KINGDOM OF | PORTVGAL TO THE | Crowne of Castill: | Containing the last warres of the Portugals against | the Moores of Africke, the end of the house | of Portugall, and change of that | Gouernment. | The description of Portugall, their principall Townes, Castles, | Places, Riuers, Bridges, Passages, Forces, Weaknesses, Reuenues, | and Expenses. Of the East Indies, the Isles of Terceres, | and other dependences...- London: Edward Blount, 1600.- [12], 324, [7, 1 br.] p.; 26 cm. First edition, published without the author's name, of the English translation of the work of the famous Genoese historian Conestaggio, by algyns wrongly attributed to D. João da Silva, Count of Portalegre. Initially considered pro-Spanish, this did not prevent it from being banned in the court of Filipe I (of Portugal). The work, whose original edition was published in Genoa in 1585, was quickly translated into German, French, Latin, Castilian and English, with several editions until the mid-17th century, has now been rehabilitated and is considered an objective and impartial account of events that led to the loss of independence from Portugal in 1580 (see article published by Prof. Giacinto Manuppela, in the Boletim Internacional de Bibliografia Luso-Brasileira, Lisbon, FCG, 1960, vol. I, nº 3, p. 352). Complete copy, slightly cropped and with slight foxing. Title page (blank verso) slightly dusty, with old ownership inscription on the upper margin. Small wormholes on lower margin of the last 60 leaves. Good contemporary binding (recovered?), fully made of rigid parchment, with double gold frames and central florets on the covers (new endpapers). Palau, 313382 (Entry Silva, Juan de).