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ANDRADE, Manuel Carlos de.- Luz da liberal e nobre arte de cavallaria.- Lisboa: Na Regia Officina Typografica, 1790.- XXVI, 454, [1, 1 br.] p.: 93 gravuras [i. e. 90], 1 retrato; 35 cm.- E.
A slightly worn copy, missing four engravings, of one of the most beautiful books printed in Portugal in the 17th century and, certainly, one of the most sought after. Inocêncio claims that some people intended to attribute the work to the 4th Marquis of Marialva, head equerry, but this has not been confirmed to this day. The 93 engravings that make up the edition (22 fold-outs) represent, above all, the horse's attitudes during training and are opened on copper plates by various engravers, especially Luís Fróis, but also Manuel Alegre, Luís Fernandez Piedra and others, based on originals by Joaquim Carneiro da Silva (Ernesto Soares, História, 1076). Print 76 (p. 390) has a curious subscription: Silva del. — H. Queverdo aqua forti and completed by J. J. Droüet 1792 (engravers not mentioned by E. Soares). The prince regent, future king D. João VI, is represented in engravings 21, 29, 53 and 59 (E. Soares and Ferreira Lima, Dictionary of Iconography, 1549 B). Allusive vignettes at the beginning of books I and VI. Copy with the following most significant faults and imperfections: missing engravings 2, 22 and 88; engraving 2 (double), sectioned and useless; portrait of the Prince Regent with slight stains; a wormhole in the upper margin of almost all the leaves; engraving 33 dusty and with small imperfections. The other engravings are generally clean and well folded. Bookplate by Maria Amélia Cruz. Full contemporary and worn sheepskin binding. Inocêncio, V, 386. Torrecilla, 25: [Edición] digna de las magníficas ediciones ilustradas del caballero Pluvinel y del duque de Newcastle.

€ 1,800 - 2,700 Base - Estimate

170

CAMPANA AQUILANO, Cesare.- ASSEDIO | E RACQVISTO | D’ANVERSA, | Fatto dal | SERENISS. ALESSANDRO FARNESE | Prencipe di Parma, &c. | [...] | Historia di Cesare Campana, | DIVISA IN DVE LIBRI. | Con uma breue Narratione delle cose auuenute in Fiandria, dall’anno 1566. fin | al 1584. che comminciò detto Assedio; e com l’Arborede’ Conti di Fiandria, | accommodatiui gli Elogii à ciascheduno di grado in grado.- In Vicenza: Apresso Giorgio Greco. M D XCV. [1595].- [8], 125 p., 2 f. desdobr.: 1 gravura desdobr.; 21 cm.- E.
Cesare Campana (1540-1606), Italian professor and historian, born in L'Aquila, focused mainly on the history of the Netherlands and Flanders. The work reports the siege that led to the capitulation of Antwerp (between July 1584 and August 1585, episode of the 80 Years' War), before the Spanish forces commanded by Alessandro Farnese (1545-1592), Duke of Parma and Placencia, husband of the Infanta D. Maria de Portugal, daughter of the Infante D. Duarte and granddaughter of D. Manuel I. Includes a large fold-out xilography, representing the siege, and two equally fold-out sheets: the first with the family tree of the counts of Flanders; the second, the tree of the principal lords of the Netherlands. Copy with several stamps from Casa de Cadaval, namely on the free end paper, on the title page, on the engraving and on the fold-out pages; unreadable old ownership, in the bottom margin of the title page. Otherwise, a very clean copy, with the engraving and the pages well folded. Good contemporary binding, full flexible parchment, with two glued labels and missing ties. Palau, 41128.

€ 800 - 1,200 Base - Estimate

171

ARIAS, Pe. Francisco, S.J.- APROVECHA- | MIENTO ESPI- | RITVAL. | VA DIVIDIDO EN DOS PARTES. EN LA | primera se contienen los tratados siguientes. | Exhortacion al aprouechamiento espiritual. | Desconfiança de si mismo. | Rosario deuotissimo de los cinquenta mysterios. | Imitacion de nuestra Señora...- Impresso en Valencia: en casa de Pedro Patricio Mey, 1588.- [18, 2 br.], 511, [11] p.; 21 cm.- E.
First edition, dedicated to Juan de Ribera, Patriarch of Antioquia and Archbishop of Valencia. Francisco de Arias (1533-1605), a Jesuit ascetic writer, born in Seville, was held in high esteem by St. John of Avila. The treatise “Imitación de Nuestra Señora”, the last of the first part, was independently republished several times and translated into several languages. Very clean copy, with carmine edges Contemporary binding, entirely made of flexible parchment, with small imperfections on the spine. Palau, 16253.

€ 300 - 450 Base - Estimate

172

AMÉLIA, D. (Rainha de Portugal).- Mes dessins: mes endroits préférés = Os meus desenhos: os meus logares predilectos.- Paris: Le Goupy, 1927.- [7], 119, [12,1 br.] f.: il.; 41 cm.- B.
First volume of one of the most famous books of the first half of the 20th century, entirely lithographed and calligraphed, the drawings presenting a very special charm. The following year a second volume was published, with the subtitle “Art et archéologie”, with a print run of 375 copies. Its product was destined for National Assistance to Tuberculosis Patients. The edition was directed by the Count of Sabugosa, a great and erudite bibliophile, who never saw the work completed. Copy no. 245, nominative “à la presse” (Exemplaire imprimé pour Dona Maria José Machado de Castello Branco), from an edition limited to 250. The set, as usual, in loose sheets, with parchment portfolio, specific to the edition, missing the original clasps (ivory pearls) which were replaced by two silver metal crowned buttons; the leather clips are also not original. Complete copy, with occasional light browning and some irregular cuts; parchment portfolio with slight wear and a little tarnished on the front cover.

€ 300 - 450 Base - Estimate

173

BURNETT, William Hickling.- Burnett's views of Cintra.- London: published by Josh. Dickinson, s.d. [ca. 1834].- [1] f.: [14] litografias; 49 cm.- E.
The author (ca. 1800-ca. 1870), an English painter and draftsman, traveled through Portugal, Spain, Italy, Egypt, Tangier and Scotland, where he collected compositions that were later set to stone, in this case by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, whose lithographic studio was active in London between 1819 and 1850. The title and footnote were taken from the cover of a brochure (certainly from one of the fascicles), which remains loose, with strong browning and a highlighted corner (the edition does not include a title page). The volume consists of: a paperback cover (top), a sheet with a dedication to William IV and 14 uncoloured lithographs, signed as follows: Drawn from nature & in stone by Wm. H. Burnett — Printed by C. Hallmandel. Includes the following prints: 1 - Cintra; 2 - Cintra from the East; 3 - The Market Place; 4 - Entrance to Cintra; 5 - The Convent of the Penha Longa; 6 - The Convent of N.ª S.ª da Penna; 7 - Cintra Overview; 8 - Cintra from the West; 9 - The Cork Convent; 10 - A part of the Palace; 11 - An old Chapel of the Moorish Castle; 12 - The Church of Cintra; 13 - A distant View of the Penna Convent; 14 - Entrance to the Penna. Disjointed and slightly handled volume, with three loose prints; some minor stains and slight foxing; last print with small tear, no lack of support. However, it is complete and recoverable. Provenance: Adolpho Loureiro Library (ex-libris and stamp on the dedication); ex-libris by Victor d’Avila Perez (lot no. 8531 from the auction held in 1939/40). Half leather binding, 20th century. Duarte de Sousa, 117.

€ 600 - 900 Base - Estimate

174

LEÃO, Duarte Nunes de.- ORTHOGRAPHIA | DA LINGOA | PORTVGVESA. | Obra vtil, & necessaria, assi pera bem screuer a lingoa | Hespanhol, como a Latina, & quaesquer outras, | que da Latina teem origem. | ¶ Item hum tractado dos pontos das clausulas. | Pelo Licenciade Duarte Nunez do Lião.- Em Lisboa: Per Ioão de Barreira, 1576.- [4], 78 f.; 19 cm.- E.
A work of the utmost importance for the knowledge of the evolution of the Portuguese language, whose author (1530-1608), an erudite historian, born in Évora, in addition to the grammatical, orthographic and lexicographical aspects, which are sometimes controversial, develops a text full of erudition that characterizes him as a man of the Renaissance. Duarte Nunes, a law graduate and judge of the Casa da Suplicação, upon the death of Cardinal King D. Henrique, warmly embraced the cause of Philip I, whose right to succession he defended in writing against those who challenged it. Slightly trimmed copy, with slight stains (from humidity?); title page with old, scratched ownership and small signature. It is, however, complete and solid. Ex-libris by Victor d’Avila Perez (lot no. 5369 from the auction held in 1939/40). Full parchment binding, not contemporary. Inocêncio, II, p. 210. Anselmo, 225. Samodães, 2244. BN (16th century), 410. Biblioteca de D. Manuel II, 246.

€ 600 - 900 Base - Estimate

175

RIBADENEYRA, Pe. Pedro de, S.J.- TRATADO | DE LA TRIBVLACION, | Repartido en dos libros. | En el Primero se trata de la Tribula- | ciones particulares :y en el Segundo de | las generales que Dios nos embia, y | del remedio dellas...- En Madrd: Por Pedro Madrigal, 1589.- [8], 253, [3] f.; 14 cm.- E.
Pedro de Ribadeneyra (1526-1611), Spanish Jesuit, historian and ascetic writer of the Golden Age. First edition, especially appreciated for being the first work to refer to the disaster of the Invincible Armada sent against England (cf. Chap. II, f. 142r et seq.: Mayor maravilla es que una armada grande y poder, y que parece invincible...) justifying the failure with theological and moral arguments. Copy a little trimmed, with some browning on the first four pages, but generally clean; title page with rough restoration on the back of the upper margin; small marginal wormholes affecting about 50 sheets (sections G to N), without damaging the text. Full 19th century(?) sheepskin binding with some wear, mainly on the spine. Palau, 266287.

€ 600 - 900 Base - Estimate

176

SOANE, Sir John.- Plans, elevations and sections of buildings executed in the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Hertfordshire, et caetera.- London: Published by Messres. Taylor, 1788.- [8], 11, [1 br.], p., [16] f.: 47 gravuras; 48 cm.- E.
Sir John Soane (1753-1837), important English architect, born in Goring-on-Thames (Oxfordshire), known for his neoclassical style. Soane, a member and professor of the Royal Academy of Arts, also a member of its counterparts in Parma and Florence. His main work was the reconstruction of the Bank of England, a building that was demolished and rebuilt between 1925 and 1939. In 1831, Soane was awarded the degree of knight (Knight Bachelor) by King William IV. First edition of the author's first book, illustrated with 47 steel engravings representing plans, sections and elevations of his projects. Slightly handled copy, with a slight water stain (tide) on the lower margin of almost the entire volume; an engraving (plaque 20) with a tear repaired with a rough patch (on the verse), without lack of support. Half paper binding, from the period, a little worn, with crumpled corners. Harris & Savage (British Architectural Books), 842.

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177

SUETONIUS TRANQUILUS, Gaius.- Vitae XII. Caesarum libri. xii.- Venetiis: impressa sunt per Ioannem Rubeu[m] de Vercellis a natali christiano. M. cccc. lxxx. die. XV. Iulii. [1490].- [106] f.; 29 cm.- E.
Main work of the Roman historian Suetonius (69- ca. 141), containing the biographies of 12 Roman emperors from Julius Caesar to Domitian, the only one of whom the author was a contemporary. Second part of the Venetian incunabular edition usually known by the collective title “Scriptores historiae Augustae”. Lightly handled copy, with slight browning, occasional underlining and signs of reading (old); some smaller wormholes. Entirely turned sheepskin binding, very damaged, missing the free endpapers, preserving wide margins. Goff, S 342. HC, 14563. GW, M44253. Britirh Library (ISTC): parts are often found separately.

€ 800 - 1,200 Base - Estimate

178

LISBOA. ARQUIDIOCESE.- ¶ CONSTITVIÇOENS | DO ARCEBISPADO DE LISBOA | assi as antigas como as extrauagantes primeyras & | segundas. Agora nouamente impressas | por mandado do Illustrissimo & Re | uerendissimo senhor dõ Migel | de Castro Arcebispo | de Lisboa.- Impressas em Lisboa: por Belchior Rodrigues impressor, 1588.- 90, [8] f.; 25 cm. Junto com: CONSTITVIÇÕES EXTRAVA | gantes primeyras do Arcebispado | de Lisboa. | [gravura xilográfica com as armas de D. Miguel de Castro] | Agora nouamente impressas por mandado do | Illustrissimo & Reuerendissimo senhor dom | MIguel de Castro Arcebispo de Lisboa,.. [Em Lisboa]: por Belchior Rodrigues impressor. Anno de 1588.- 10 f.; 25 cm. Junto com: CONSTITVIÇÕES EXTRAVA | gantes segundas do Arcebispado | de Lisboa. | [gravura xilográfica com as armas de D. Miguel de Castro] | Agora nouamente impressas por mandado do | Illustrissimo & Reuerendissimo senhor dom | MIguel de Castro Arcebispo de Lisboa,.. [Em Lisboa]: por Belchior Rodrigues impressor. Anno de 1588.- [4], 26 f.; 25 cm.- E.
First of the three known works that came out of the press of Belchior Rodrigues (fl. 1588-1590), which António Joaquim Anselmo rightly considers to be a single typographic copy. On the last page, in fact, we find a collective colophon for the three titles. Slightly trimmed copy, with slight browning and light moisture stains (from the tide). Restorations on the lower margin of the title page, on pages Aa5, Aa6 and on the lower outer corner of the last page; traces of wormholes; occasional marginal notes of the time. Ex-libris by Victor d’Avila Perez (lot no. 1905 from the auction held in 1939/40). Full sheepskin binding, probably from the first half of the 19th century, preserving the marbled paper of the endpapers. Anselmo, 997. BN (16th century), 419, 422 and 424. Biblioteca de D. Manuel II, 254, 255 and 256.

€ 1,200 - 1,800 Base - Estimate

179

CAMÕES, Luís de.- OS LVSIADAS | DE LVIS DE CAMÔES | PRINCIPE DA POESIA | HEROYCA....- Em Lisboa: Por Vicente Aluarez, 1612.- [2], 186 f.; 19 cm.- E
Edition very similar to that of 1609, with which it shares the licenses and the composition of the title page, leading Inocêncio and Juromenha to put forward the thesis that this would be a counterfeit of the former. However, Brito Aranha states and proves that they are distinct, adding: “This edition is quite rare. It is missing from most known Camonian editions”. The first two pages (title and dedication to D. Rodrigo da Cunha), a little shorter. Lightly trimmed copy (carmine edges), with light handling (the paper is of low quality) and some browning; occasional small stains, but overall clean. Good 19th/20th century binding, all sheepskin, with a seed of small flowers and a central floret on both sides (identical), gold-plated panels on the spine, rolls on the squares and on the thickness of the covers, protective case. Ex-libris by Victor d’Avila Perez (lot no. 1077 from the auction held in 1939/40). Inocêncio, V, p. 253 and (Brito Aranha) XIV, p. 48. Palha, 1622. Arouca, C 49. José do Canto does not mention.

€ 1,600 - 2,400 Base - Estimate

180

MURPHY, James.- Plans, elevations, sections and views of the church of Batalha, in the province of Estremadura in Portugal, with the history and description by Fr. Luis de Sousa; with remarks. To which is prefixed an introductory discourse on the principles of Gothic Architecture.- London: I. & J. Taylor, 1795.- II, [2], 61, [1] p.: [2, 27] gravuras; 53 cm.- E.
Monumental work, especially appreciated for its magnificent large-scale copperplate engravings (burin and etching), containing the architectural survey of the Batalha Monastery and some reconstructions. James Cavanah Murphy (1760-1814), Irish architect and traveler, born in Blackrock (Cork), was in Portugal during the years 1789 and 1790, in the service of William Burton Conyngham, with the mission of studying and designing the architecture of the Batalha Monastery. The work includes the following typeset texts: Preface (II p.); Introduction (p. 1 to 26); A history and description of the Royal Monastery of Batallha... / by Father Luis de Sousa ([2], p. 27 to 61, [1] p.); List of subscribers [2 p., at the end]. The 27 engravings include: an architectural title (page), the dedication to William Conyngham and 25 engravings, with the survey, four before the introduction, one after it and the rest at the end of the volume (two on double pages). Complete copy, according to the bibliography and the index of engravings, with slight handling and some foxing on the prints. Two engravings with restored outer margins: West elevation & Design for completing the mausoleum (this one with two stains. Provenance: Library of Júlio Firmino Judice Biker (1814-1899), with his stamp (JBiker) on the engraved dedication. 19th century binding, with crushed leather spine, with crumpled corners. Brunet, III, col. 1954/1955. Duarte de Sousa, 510.

€ 600 - 900 Base - Estimate

181

EXPOSITION Universelle: Paris 1900.- Paris: s.n., 1900.- 50 fotografias em 25 f.; 31x40 cm.- E.
Album containing 50 captioned photographs (21x28 cm), mounted on 25 sheets of cardboard, representing aspects of the 1900 Universal Exhibition, which took place in Paris between April 14 and November 12, 1900, and is estimated to have been visited by more than 50 million people. The first photograph features, on the upper margin, the following dedication by Bernardino Camilo Cincinnato da Costa: Ao seu caro irmão Alfredo da Costa como recordação affectuosa da Exposição de Paris. Paris 15 Xbro de 1900. Off. o Cincinato. Copy a little handled and dusty; photographs with slight photodegradation; leaves with some spots and signs of moisture near the cut. Half morocco binding, gauffered on thefront cover, worn and with weak joints.

€ 300 - 450 Base - Estimate

182

BARTOLOMEU DOS MÁRTIRES, Santo.- Venerabilis Servi Dei D. Bartholomaei a Martyribus Archiepiscopi Bracarensis ex Ordine Fratrum Praedicatorum Opera Omnia quotquot reperiri potuere nunc primum in unum collecta [...] quibus praefigitur piissimi Archipraesulis vita. / Cura, et studio D. Malachiae d’Inguimbert Archiepiscopi Theodosiae...- Romae: Typis Hieronymi Mainardi, M. 1734-1735.- 2 tomos em 1 vol.: 1 retrato; 36 cm.- E.
Friar Bartholomew of the Martyrs, O.P. (1514-1590), a prominent figure in the Portuguese Church of the 16th century, he stood out in the third and final session of the Council of Trent (1562-1563), having been archbishop of Braga between 1559 and 1582; in 2001 he was beatified by Pope John Paul II and in 2016, canonized by Pope Francis. Important and rare edition of his “opera omnia”, illustrated with a beautiful portrait that, curiously, has two signatures: Andreas Rossi Sculp. (who we assume was the subtitle writer) and Roccus Pozzi Sculp. (on the left of the image, close to the lower margin). Signed by the Italian engraver Rocco Pozzi (†1780), the two large copperplate vignettes on the two title pages, depicting the coat of arms of Portugal, are also signed. The collation of the two volumes is as follows. Tomus primus: [20], 246, [4], 249-469 [i. and. 473] p.: 1 portrait; Tomus secundus: [4], 465 p. The biography of Friar Bartholomew takes place between pages 1 and 108 of the first volume and includes a beautiful allegorical vignette at the beginning. Edition with excellent graphic quality, printed on high-weight paper. Ancient ownership on the first free endpaper and on the lower margin of the first title page: Monasterij Lisbonensis Ordinis S. Pauli Primi Eremita (with variants); inscription on the back of the same page: Purchased at the book auction of the Bibliotheca Publica de Lisboa in December 1864, B. dos M. Dias e Sousa. The copy, complete and clean, presents the following imperfections: pronounced trimming, evident in the two folds (lower and outer) of the engraving of the saint, but still preserving good margins; deep wormholes on the lower margin of sheets Yy 4 to Ddd4 of Volume I (21 sheets), affecting some claims; and on the upper margin of the last 20 sheets of the volume (smaller cuts). Contemporary binding, very damaged, with carmine edges, preserving the marbled paper of the endpapers. Barbosa Machado, I, p. 470.

€ 400 - 600 Base - Estimate

183

SUÁREZ, Pe. José, S.J.- LA LIBERTAD | DE LA LEY DE DIOS, | EN EL IMPERIO | DE LA CHINA. | COMPVESTA | POR EL Rmo. P. IOSEPH SVAREZ, | [...] | Y TRADVCIDA | DE LA LENGVA PORTVGVESA | à la Castellana, por Don Juan de | Espinosa, &c...- Lisboa: Enla Oficina de Miguel Deslandes, 1696.- [18], 174, [5, 1 br.] p.; 14 cm.- E.
Rare first edition of a work of great importance for the history of Sino-Christian relations, whose author (1629-1658), a Jesuit missionary, born in Santa Comba Dão, was rector of the College of Jesus in Beijing. According to Löwendahl (China illustrata nova), this is the first European publication to announce the new “Edict of Tolerance” towards Christianity, decreed by Emperor Kangxi (1662-1722), as a way of thanking the Jesuit missionaries for their contribution to the Chinese Imperial Court. Very clean copy, coated in contemporary binding, entirely made of flexible parchment. Cordier (Sinica), 834. Palau, 323641. Arouca, S 449. BN (Porbase) mentions only one Valencian edition with the same date.

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184

YELGO DE VÁZQUEZ, Miguel.- ESTILO | DE SERVIR A | PRINCIPES, CON EXEM- | plos morales para seruir s Dios | Por Miguel Yelgo de Baz- | quez Natural de Loxa...- En Madrid: Por Cosme Delgado. Año M.DC. XIIII. [1614].- [12], 192 f.; 14 cm.- E.
First and only edition of a protocol and service manual of the great noble houses, from the Golden Age, dedicated to the Duke of Uceda, D. Cristóbal Gómez de Sandoval-Rojas, whose coat of arms is represented on the title page. In the 29 chapters of the work, the author, about whom little is known, describes and comments on the functions and responsibilities of all the different characters in the service of the noble house, namely, servants, butlers, headwaiters, chamberlains, pages, cooks, coachmen, grooms, drapers, viadores, treasurers, etc. Copy slightly trimmed, but generally clean. Ex-libris by Victor d’Avila Perez (lot no. 8180 from the auction held in 1939/40). Contemporary binding, all sheepskin, with some wear. Extremely rare copy, not mentioned in the main catalogues consulted. Palau, 377793.

€ 600 - 900 Base - Estimate

185

[CAMÕES, Luis de].- LVSIADVM | LIBRI DECEM. | AVTHORE DOMINO FRA- | tre Thoma de Faria, Episcopo Targensi, | Regioque consiliario, Ordinis Virginis | Mariæ de Monte Carmeli, Doctore | Theologo, Vlyssiponensi.- Vlyssipone: Ex officina Gerardi de Vinca, 1622.- [8], 179 p.; 15 cm.- E.
Original edition of the first Latin translation, published without the author's name. Curiously and inexplicably, not only is there no reference to Camões, but the licenses also give it the title “Historia do descobrimento da India em verso”. The translator himself, Friar Tomé de Faria, archbishop of Lisbon and bishop of Targa, in his dedication to the Kingdom of Portugal, declares that he applied himself to putting into verse the most notable deeds of the Portuguese, which others had written in prose. Copy slightly trimmed, with slight browning and a small ink stain on page 103 and the last five pages. Typographic label by Monsignor Ferreira, on the back cover. Ex-libris by Victor d’Avila Perez (lot no. 8546 from the auction held in 1939/40). 19th century binding, entirely in sheepskin, with heavy wormholes, particularly on the spine. Joseph of Canto, 167. Inocêncio, V, p. 276. Samodães, 541 (very rare). Arouca, C 61.

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186

GALILEU (Galileo Galilei).- SYSTEMA COSMICVM, | [...] | In quo | Qvatvor Dialogis, | De | Duobus Maximis Mundi Systematibus, | Ptolomaico & Copernicano, | Vtriusq; rationibus Philosophicis ac Na- | turalibus indefinite propostis, | differitur. | Ex Italica Lingua Latine conuersum. | Accessit | Appendix gemina, qua SS. Scripturæ dicta | cum Terrae mobilitate condiliantur.- Augustae Treboc. [Strasbourg]: Impensis Elzeviriorum, Typis Davidis Havtti, Anno 1635.- [16], 495, [24, 1 br.] p.: il., 1 frontispício grav., 1 retrato; 20 cm.- E.
First Latin translation of the only major work by Galileo (1564-1642), published in Strasbourg, while the author was still alive, whose original edition, in Italian (Florence, 1632), would cause great controversy within the Catholic Church, which included it in the Index. Interestingly, the present Latin translation of his “Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems” is from after the famous trial (sentence handed down in 1633) that led Galileo to abjure his theories and to house arrest until the end of his days. Illustrated edition with a beautiful allegorical frontispiece and a copperplate portrait, both by the Flemish painter and engraver Jacob van der Heyden (1572-1636). It also includes 20 xilographic figures in the text, with astronomical and geometric diagrams; rare notes and occasional small marginal astronomical drawings. Working copy, although complete (preserves the final page with the errata), with generalized, strong or very strong browning, weakening the support; wormhole on the inside margin of the last 30 sheets, rarely affecting the printed part. Old ownership on the lower margin of the frontispiece: “De Leonis(?) de Pina Im(?). 1658”. Contemporary binding, entirely in very worn sheepskin and with almost no spine. Willems, 426 (“L’impression et le papier sont des plus mediumcres”). Dino Cinti, 96.

€ 800 - 1,200 Base - Estimate

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CARDIM, Pe. António Francisco, S.J.- FASCICVLVS E IAPPONICIS FLORIBVS, | SVO ADHVC MADENTIBVS SANGVINE, | COMPOSITVS | A P. ANTONIO FRANCISCO CARDIM | è Societate IESV | Prouincia Iapponiæ ad Urbem | Procuratore. | QVI LEGITIS FLORES, | HOS LEGITE, | SIC QVONIAM POSITI SVAVES | MISCENTVR ODORES. | [pequena gravura com o trigrama da Companhia de Jesus].- Romæ: Typis Heredum Corbelletti, 1646.- [8], 252 [i. é 256] p.: [87] gravuras, 1 mapa desdobr. [em falta]; 20 cm. Junto com: -----.- CATALOGVS | REGVLARIVM, | ET | SECVLARIVM, | Qui in Iapponiæ Regnis vsque à fun- | data ibi | A S. FRANCISCO XAVIERIO | Gentis Apostolo Ecclesia | AB ETHNICIS | In odium Christianæ Fidei | Sub quatuor Tyrannis violenta morte sublati | sunt. | Collectus | A P. ANTONIO FRANCISCO CARDIM | è Societate IESV | Prouincia Iapponiæ ad Urbem | Procuratore. | [pequena gravura com o trigrama da Companhia de Jesus].- Romæ: Typis Heredum Corbelletti, 1646.- 79, [1 br.] p.; 20 cm. Junto com: -----.- MORS | FELICISSIMA | QVATVOR LEGATORVM | LVSITANORVM | ET | SOCIORVM | Quo Iapponiæ Imperator | occidit | IN | Odium Christianæ Religionis. | Auctore | P. ANTONIO FRANCISCO CARDIM | è Societate IESV | Procuratore ad Urbem Prouincia | Iapponiæ. | [pequena gravura com o trigrama da Companhia de Jesus].- Romæ: Typis Heredum Corbelletti, 1646.- 40 p.; 29 cm.- E.
Father Cardim (1596-1659), a Jesuit missionary, born in Viana do Alentejo, joined the Society of Jesus in 1611, having completed his studies in Goa. Cardim was one of the great travelers in the East; chronicler of the Society of Jesus in China and Japan and attorney general of the province of Japan, he ended his days in Macau, at the age of 63, after having lived 15 years between the two empires of the East. Volume containing three works printed in Rome, by the same printer and in the same year, which usually appear together. The first contains the eulogies of 87 Jesuit missionaries and martyrs in Japan, each eulogy being preceded by a separately printed copperplate engraving representing the respective martyrdoms. The “Catalogus”, not illustrated, records in chronological order the names of other missionaries “Qui in Iapponia, in odium Christianæ Fidei, violent death sublati sunt”, between 1557 and 1640. The third part “Mors felicissima”, is a “Relation of the glorious death of four Portuguese ambassadors from the city of Macau, with fifty-seven of their companions beheaded for the faith in Nagasaki on August 3, 1640”, according to the title of the Portuguese translation published in Lisbon in 1643. Volume a little trimmed, missing the fold-out map of Japan (missing in most known copies). Title page (with small trimmed part) and two prints with minor restorations; small wormhole in the final three leaves. Some errors in the foliation and ordering of the sections: sheet V1, “Elogium LVI” and the respective print, are located before “Elogium LIV” and the corresponding print (due to an editorial error); F1 and F2 leaves are out of order. Otherwise, a clean copy, preserving all 87 engravings, highlighting the first one, of St. Francis Xavier (the first engraving of the Saint), which is missing in many of the existing copies. Very damaged entire sheepskin binding, with carmine edges. Inocêncio, I, p. 143/144. Samodães, 590. Reiss & Auvermann, 446. Sommervogel, II, p. 740.

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OSÓRIO, D. Jerónimo.- HIERONYMI | OSORII LVSITANI | DE GLORIA | LIBRI V. | AD IOANNEM TERTIVM | LVSITANVM REGEM. | [gravura xilográfica].- Florentiae: Apud Laurentium Torrentinum. M D LII. [1552].- 295, [1 br.] p.; 22 cm. Junto com: HIERONYMI | OSORII LVSITANI | DE NOBILITATE | CIVILI LIBRI II. | Ad Ludovicum Principem Clariss. Emanuelis | Lusitaniæ Regis F. | [gravura xilográfica].- Florentiae: Apud Laurentium Torrentinum. M D LII. [1572].- 246 p.; 22 cm.- E.
Second editions of two of the most important texts by the great Portuguese humanist (1506-1580) who would become the last bishop of Silves (1564-1577) and the first of the renewed diocese of Algarve, in Faro (1577-1580). The first work, divided into five books, initially published in Coimbra in 1549, debates some of the major issues that concerned humanists in the second half of the 16th century; The text would achieve great success throughout Europe, having been reprinted at least 13 times during the author's lifetime. The second, initially published in Lisbon 10 years earlier, was dedicated to Infante D. Luís, fourth son of the second marriage of King D. Manuel I with D. Maria of Castile, daughter of the Catholic Monarchs; This second edition was preferred by Cardinals Bembo and Sadoleto. Both volumes feature the Medici coat of arms on the title pages. The first title page with old inscription, adding the title of the second work; some marginal notes and reading notes of the period, as well as on the endpapers. Occasional wet (tide) stains, but overall a clean, solid volume. Contemporary binding, entirely parchment, with some wear. The catalogue of the Biblioteca de D. Manuel II only mentions the first of the two works (622).

€ 1,200 - 1,800 Base - Estimate

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VILLEGAS, Pe. Alonso de.- FLOS SANCTORVM | E HISTORIA GENERAL DA | VIDA E FEITOS DE IESV CHRISTO, DEOS NOSSO | SENHOR, E DE TODOS OS SANCTOS DE QVE REZA E FAZ | festa a Igreja Catholica, conforme o Breuiario Romano reformado por decreto do Sancto | Concilio Tridentino: Iunto com as vidas dos Sanctos propios de Castella, & Portugal: & de | outros Extravagantes. [...] | Colligido tudo de Auctores graues & aprovados. | Feito em Castelhano pollo Mestre Alon2025/3/8so de Villegas Capellão na S. Igreja de Toledo: Traduzido ago- | ra nouamente em lingoajem Portugues, à industria de Simão Lopes Mercador de Liuros. | Acrecentado de nouo a vida de São Iacinto da Ordem de São Domingos: Canonizado pollo Papa Cle- | mente, VIII em Roma, na Igreja de São Pedro, a xvij de Abril, do anno do Senhor de 1594.- 2025/3/8Impresso em Lisboa: em casa de Simão Lopez, 1598.- [10], 58, 431 f.: il.: il.; 35 cm.- E
With the title “Flos Sanctorum Nuevo”, the Toledan Alonso de Villegas (1534-1615) composed his most popular work, inspired by those of Aloísio Lipomani (1500-1559), Laurentius Surius (1522-1578) and also by the “Legenda Dourada” by Voragine (1228-1298). The work, often reprinted, was first published in Toledo in 1578 (first part), with the author declaring that he had finished writing it on 6 January 1577. A copy of the work, with very special characteristics, from the first Portuguese edition, composed in two columns, illustrated with 19 xilographies, which rarely exceed half a page in size. It presents the following imperfections: frontispiece (printed in black and red) cut by the frame (xilographic fillet); six missing sheets: +2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 (preliminary sheets) and last sheet (Hhhh7 or ¶1?), replaced by text typed in the third quarter of the 19th century, in the private printing shop of the Count of Azevedo; last five preliminary pages and first text page (A1), with the outer margins reconstructed; some minor, marginal wormholes, without affecting the typographic stain; rough restoration (without loss of support) on sheet yy8; acidity, occasional stains, some handling and excessive trimming, still retaining some margin. Stamps of the House of Azevedo on sheets +10v and A1r (lot no. 3529 from the auction held in 1921/22, with reproduction of the frontispiece). Ex-libris by Victor d’Avila Perez (lot no. 8058 from the auction held in 1939/40). Contemporary binding(?), entirely in sheepskin, restored in the 19th century(?), with the initials PROFF engraved in gold at the foot of the spine. Anselmo, 819. BN (16th century), 922. Biblioteca de D. Manuel II does not mention it. We are not aware of the existence of other copies of the same work and edition, apart from the three from BNP (all mutilated).

€ 2,000 - 3,000 Base - Estimate

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ÉVORA. Diocese.- CONSTITVICOES DO | BISPADO DEVORA.- Foram acabadas de Imprimir estas Constituições em ha cidade de Lisboa: por Germam Galharde Frãces, 1534.- [10], lvij, [1] f.; 28 cm.- E.
First Constitutions of Évora, still a Diocese, elevated to the dignity of Archdiocese only on September 29, 1540. The printing is of high quality, being, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful and rare examples of Portuguese typographic art of the 16th century. The text is entirely composed in rotunda Gothic characters and includes numerous xilographyc capital initials. The last page includes a colophon in the form of two inverted triangles, indicating that printing was completed on the 22nd day of October 1534, by order of the Cardinal Infante of Portugal (D. Afonso), Archbishop of Lisbon. Incomplete copy, missing four pages from section g (g3 to g6, f. li to lv) which were carefully reproduced in pen; light trimming with minor damage to the xilographyc engraving of the title page, especially on the upper and lower margins; occasional ancient marginalia. Typographic label by Monsenhor Ferreira, on the back cover (with wormholes). Stamp of the House of Azevedo at the beginning of the prologue, last preliminary page (lot no. 853 of the catalogue of the auction held in 1921, which already mentions the four handwritten pages). Ex-libris by Victor d’Avila Perez (lot no. 1906 from the auction held in 1939-1940). Otherwise, a clean copy, with good margins and unusual signs of provenance. Full flecked sheepskin binding, 18th/19th century, with minor damage to the foot and head of the spine and the carmine and waxed edges of the pages. Anselmo, 603. Gusmão, 282. National Library (16th century), 250 (a single copy, missing the title page). Not mentioned in the catalogue of the Biblioteca de D. Manuel II.

€ 2,000 - 3,000 Base - Estimate

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A pitcher
833/1000 silver, engraved decoration “Cartouche”, engraved handle top “Female head”, Portuguese, restoration, defects, Lisbon assay mark (1790-1795), maker's mark attributable to José Luís da Silva (1764-1815)
Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 26,5 cm; Peso - 1.134 g.

€ 550 - 825 Base - Estimate

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A stemmed salver
silver, decoration with convex lobe pattern frieze, engraved background, Portuguese, small restoration, signs of use, without assay mark, pursuant to Decreto-Lei No. 120/2017, of September 15 - art. 2, no. 2, paragraph c), only with Lisbon maker's mark of José Maria (1775-1800)
Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 13 x 27,5 cm; Peso - 796 g.

€ 600 - 900 Base - Estimate

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