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4°, contemporary limp vellum (lacks ties, soiled, small nicks at foot of spine, corners), spine with vertical title in manuscript, edges rouged. Small woodcut vignette on title-page. Woodcut initials and tailpieces. Some light browning and soiling, a few small stains; repaired tear in k3, without loss. In good to very good condition. Contemporary inscription on recto of front free endleaf. Old inscription "Siqueira" on front pastedown endleaf. A few old notes on rear free endleaf. (8), 312, (12) ll. Text in two columns. *** Very rare fourth edition, the first to be published in Portugal. Editions of Madrid, Barcelona, and Alcalá de Henares appeared in 1627. The author (d. 1656), born in Alcazaren in Castilla la Vieja, was a preacher at the Convento de San Basilio in Madrid.*** Arouca N69. Palau 191796 (calling for 7 preliminary leaves) Simón Díaz XVI 629 (calling for 7 preliminary leaves, and reporting no locations). Sousa Viterbo, A litteratura hespanhola em Portugal, p. 164 (calling for only 7 preliminary leaves). Antonio I, 302-3: noting also translations into Latin (Mainz, 1649) and Italian (Venice, 1637). Not in Bernstein, Pedro Craesbeeck & Sons. Porbase locates five copies, all in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (four with bindings in "mau estado", two of which have serious worming, three described as "aparado"). This edition not in CCPBE, which cites a number of other seventeenth-century editions. Not located in NUC.
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