TÁVORA, Álvaro Pires de.- HISTORIA | DE VAROENS | ILLVSTRES DO APPELLIDO | TAVORA. | CONTINVADA EM OS SENHORES | DA CAZA E MORGADO | DE CAPARICA. | COM A RELLACAM DE TODOS OS SVCCESSOS | publicos deste Reyno e suas Conquistas desde o tempo do Senhor Rey D. IOAM TERCEIRO aesta parte...- Impresso em Paris: Por Sebastiam Cramoisy e Gabriel Cramoisy, 1648.- [4], 365, [1 br.] p.; 34 cm.- E. Work published posthumously on the initiative of Rui Lourenço de Távora, son of the author (†1640), nobleman from Trás-os-Montes, but born in Lisbon, lord of Mogadouro, mayor of Miranda do Douro, Mirandela and Alfândega da Fé and chief chamberlain of D. João I, D. Duarte I and D. Afonso V. D. Álvaro fought in the battle of Alfarrobeira and served in the stronghold of Ceuta and in the armada that went to the rescue of Bahia, taken by the Dutch in 1624. Title page with two ownerships (or just one?) heavily scratched, next to the imprint. Otherwise, a slightly cropped, but clean copy, with slight deformation, preserving good margins. Ex-libris with the coat of arms of Count of Sucena (registration label at the end) and Eduardo José de Vasconcelos de Araújo Miranda. Contemporary binding, full flexible parchment, with ink inscription (late) on the spine. Inocêncio, I, p. 48. Samodães, 3717. Ávila Perez, 5959.