Guedes Rodrigues' Private Collection
Friday, April 28, 2023 at 8:00 PM UTC
Lot 11:
LOPES (Fernão)
CHRONICA DelRey D. Ioam. I. de Boa Memoria, e dos Reys de Portvgal o Decimo. Em Lisboa: Antonio Alvarez, 1644.
8.º; 3 v.; 1.º v.: +/3, A-Z, Aa-Bb/8; [6], 412, [8] pp.; 2.º v.: +/4, A-Z, Aa-Ff/8, Gg/6; [8], 466, [10] pp.; 3.º v.: +/6, A-Z/8, T/6, V/8; [12], 308, [6] pp.; 290 mm.
FIRST edition of one of the most important royal chronicles written by Fernão Lopes, chief chronicler of the kingdom, divided into 3 parts, the last one by Gomes Eanes de Zurara and which includes the description of the Storming of Ceuta. Very rare.
¶ Inocêncio, v.2, p. 282; v.9, p. 426; Palha, 2832; Travel and Exploration, 1455; Samodães, 1823
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