May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279

Sale 2279 - Lot 146

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
[LEÃO, DUARTE NUNES DE.] Cronicas del Rey Do[m] Joam . . . dos Reys de Portugal o X. e as dos Reys D. Duarte e D. Affonso o V [with Autos do Levantamento e Juramento, que . . . se fez a el Rey Dom Joam o IV]. Folding letterpress diagram (with wormholes through a few words, dampstains, and minor repairs on verso). [8], 406; 61, [3]; 250, [4]; [52] pages. 4 parts in one volume. Folio, later sheep, somewhat worn; contents browned with occasional marginal dampstaining, worming at beginning and end generally not impairing legibility, title trimmed and mounted, marginal restoration on following preliminaries and last leaf with slight text loss, cellotape repairs on K2, hole in S5 affecting a few words. Lisbon: Antonio Alvares, 1643(-41)

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first edition of a continuation of the chronicles of the Kings of Portugal, the first part of which was published in 1600. This volume deals with the first 3 Portuguese Kings of the Aviz dynasty, João I, Duarte, and Afonso V, whose collective reign lasted from 1385 to 1477. An appendix contains acts relating to the 1640 accession of João IV, first King of the Braganza dynasty, with a folding plan of his court. Arouca L29. See also lot 159.