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.