Feb 28, 2013 - Sale 2305

Sale 2305 - Lot 2

Price Realized: $ 660
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
ADLERHOLD, GERMANUS [pseud.]. Die Macht des portugiesischen Scepters, oder umständliche Beschreibung des Königreichs Portugal . . . Nebst einer Verzeichnuß aller fürnehmsten Städte, Vestungen und Plätze. Engraved double-page frontispiece map of Portugal; 22 plates, including double-page views of Lisbon and Coimbra. [20], 667, [1] pages. 12mo, contemporary calf, spine ends and cover corners restored, later leather lettering pieces; contents relatively clean, with only minor worming at beginning and end generally not impairing legibility, small repaired tear in view of Lisbon with minimal image loss. Frankfurt am Main & Leipzig: Johann Leonhardt Buggel, 1703

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first edition of a work on the geography, inhabitants, government, and overseas possessions of Portugal. Not in Alden or Borba de Moraes.