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4°, mid-twentieth-century polished sheep by Fausto Fernandes (only the slightest wear), spine richly gilt with raised bands in five compartments, red leather lettering piece in second compartment from head with gilt author and title, date in gilt near foot of spine, covers with border decorated in blind and gilt armorial supralibros of Miguel de Faria at center, marbled endleaves, text-block edges sprinkled red. Woodcut initials. In very good condition. Bookplates of Miguel [Braga Leite] de Faria and J.[osé] Pinto Ferreira. Blue on white printed binder's ticket (2.4 x 5.4 cm.) of Fausto Fernandes, Patio de D. Fradique, 1, Lisboa, bound in after errata leaf, with N.º 1056 supplied in pencil manuscript. (2), 167 ll., (1 l. errata). Several leaves numbered incorrectly: 18 wrongly numbered 12, 53 wrongly numbered 48, 60 wrongly numbered 59, 62 wrongly numbered 61, 74 wrongly numbered 65, 91 wrongly numbered 61, 93 wrongly numbered 63, 106 wrongly numbered 103, 108 wrongly numbered 107, and 163 wrongly numbered 193. *** FIRST EDITION. This classic biography of Dom Duarte de Meneses deals at great length with the campaigns in North Africa of D. João I, D. Duarte and D. Affonso V. After the capture of Alcácer-Ceguer in 1458, the stronghold was placed under the command of D. Duarte de Meneses, under whom it withstood two sieges. The Vida also has much information on the unsuccessful attempts of the Portuguese against Tangier, 1463-64. As Oliveira Marques points out in his History of Portugal (I, 88), the Meneses family was one of the most powerful in Portugal during the fifteenth century, comparable in wealth, prestige and power to some of the typical feudal lords of France and Germany.Although the author of this work proclaimed his support for the House of Bragança, he was nevertheless executed in the Rossio Square in 1641, accused of being a conspirator against the person and government of D. João IV. Innocêncio felt that his works were of such merit and importance that it would have been a great injustice to exclude them from the Diccionário on the basis of their having been written in Spanish.Provenance: Both Miguel de Faria and J. Pinto Ferreira were distinguished Portuguese book collectors. Pinto Ferreira, a Portuguese army officer, had significant Camoniana and much on the Restauração, as well as a trove of other books on Portuguese military history. *** Arouca V28. Innocêncio I, 18. Barbosa Machado I, 68. Antonio I, 136. Pinto de Mattos p. 607. Garcia Perez p. 560. Biblioteca Central da Marinha, Catálogo das obras impressas no séc. XVII, 896 ("Mutilado"). Salvá 3469. Heredia 7652. Azambuja 2638. Monteverde 5462. Azevedo-Samodães 3435. Not in HSA or Palha (which cites 2 other works by the author). For the bookplate of Miguel de Faria, see Avelar Duarte, Ex-libris portugueses heráldicos, 1150. On the binder Fausto Fernandes, see Matias Lima, Encadernadores portugueses, p. 100. NUC: DLC-P4, WU, ICN, MH, NBuG, NjP. Seller Inventory # 39480
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