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MACEDO, António de Sousa de.- LVSITANIA LIBERATA | ab Injusto Castellanorum dominio. | RESTITVTA | Legitimo Principi, Serenissimo JOANNI IV. Lusitaniæ, | Algarbiorum, Africæ, Arabiæ, Persiæ, Indiæ, Brasi- | liæ, &c. Regi Potentissimo. | Summo Pontifici, Imperio, Regibus, Rebus-publicis, cæterisque Orbis Christiani Principus | DEMONSTRATA...- Londini: In Officina Richardi Heron, 1645.- [30], 794, [22] p.: il.; 29 cm.- E. First and only published edition of one of the most important titles of the Restoration. The work, of exceptional graphic quality, is illustrated with the following 14 copper plte prints, all of them, with the exception of the title, printed next to the text: 1 - Portrait of D. João IV (f.1v); 2 - Allegorical title (between f. 1 and f.2); 3 - Lusitana (f. A2v.); 4 - Portrait of Count D. Henrique (p. 58); 5 - Apparition of Christ to King D. Afonso Henriques (p. 93); 6 - Portrait of King João I (p. 143); 7 - D. Manuel I, lying down, with family tree (p. 165); 8 - Phoenix Reborn (p. 470); 9 - Dragon curled up at the foot of a fruit tree (p. 542); 10 - King D. João IV on the throne (p. 560); 11 - King D. João IV on horseback (p. 650); 12 - Brigantine winged wyvern on a globe (p. 708); 13 - Coat of Arms of Portugal (p. 764); 14 - Allegory of Fame on obelisk (p. 792). Copy slightly handled and cropped, with slight browning. Mirror portrait of D. João IV (with free endpaper), with marginal imperfections; some engravings cropped by the matrix crease. It is, however, complete, with all the engravings, including the first one which is missing from most of the copies, exactly matching the description of Maria da Graça Pericão, in the catalogue of the Viscount da Trindade collection (220). Rare heraldic ex-libris of Ignazio Zanardi della Virgiliana (1695-1773), Venetian count of the Holy Roman Empire. Full sheepskin binding, with new endpapers and rebuilt spine. Palha, 2956. Samodaes, 3264. Bibliographic Exhibition of the Restoration, 1461.

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