MANUSCRITO.- [UTRECHT, PAZ DE].- Memorias da Paz de Utrecht offerecidas a ElRey Nosso Senhor por Dom Luis da Cunha seu Embaixador extraordinario e Plenipotenciario de Portugal no Congresso da ditta Paz. Anno de 1715.- Século XVIII.- 2 vols.; 31 cm.- E. The Treaty of Utrecht (or Peace of Utrecht), signed in the Netherlands between 1713 and 1715, put an end to the War of the Spanish Succession which pitted, on the one hand, France and, on the other, the Grand Alliance, constituted by Great Britain, the Netherlands, Prussia, Portugal and the House of Savoy. Portugal was represented by D. João Gomes da Silva (4th Count of Tarouca, 1671-1738) and D. Luís da Cunha (1662-1749), a major figure during the reign of King D. João V, diplomat (ambassador in London), Archdeacon of the Cathedral of Évora, academic and judge at the Palace. 1720-1730, consisting of two volumes, with a total of more than 2,000 pages. These same volumes appeared in the “Exposição Lisboa Joanina”, held in October 1950, at Palácio Galveias, in Lisbon, where they appear in the respective catalog under number 259. In the National Library there is another copy, with the same title, but not identical. and with a smaller extension (PBA quota. 449). The two volumes, carefully handwritten, very clean and with good margins. Provenance: according to a pencil note on the free endpaper, the manuscript was purchased by Eng. Salema Garção at Livraria do Conde de Pinhel, who in turn, had purchased it from João Campos Henriques; ex-libris and white seal of the J. G. Mazziotti Salema Garção Bookstore. Contemporary bindings, full sheepskin, worn and with wormholes on the spines