Vetus Canonum Codex Lusitanæ Ecclesiæ by Lima Thomas Encarnação Costa O S a (1 results)

8°, contemporary cat's paw sheep (minor scraping, wear to corners, joints weak), spine gilt with raised bands in five compartments (defective at head and foot), crimson leather lettering piece in second compartment from head, text block edges sprinkled red. Typographical headpiece on third preliminary page. In fine condition internally. Overall very good. 22, (1, 1 blank), 348 pp. [] , 2* , A-X , Y . *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.Costa e Lima was the first native Brazilian to be named Bishop of Pernambuco; he was born in Bahia in 1723, and died in Pernambuco in 1784. As a teenager, he came to Portugal, attended Coimbra University, obtaining a Master of Arts degree, joining the Augustinian order at Santa Cruz de Coimbra in 1747, and later earning a Doctor of Theology degree from Coimbra. He was the author of several other works, including the massive four-volume Historia ecclesiæ Lusitaniæ . Coimbra, 1759-1763.*** Borba de Moraes (1983) I, 484-5; Período colonial, p. 208. Sacramento Blake VII, 287. Innocêncio VII, 343-4. NUC: DLC-P4.