LEÃO, Duarte Nunes de.- PRIMEIRA PARTE [E SEGUNDA PARTE] | DAS CHRONICAS DOS | REIS DE PORTVGAL, REFOR- | MADAS ...

LEÃO, Duarte Nunes de.- PRIMEIRA PARTE [E SEGUNDA PARTE] | DAS CHRONICAS DOS | REIS DE PORTVGAL, REFOR- | MADAS PELO LICENCIADO | DVARTE NVNEZ DO LIÃO, DESEM- | bargador da casa da Supplicação, per | mandado del Rei Dom Philip- | pe o primeiro de Portu- | gal, da gloriosa | memoria.- Em Lisboa: Impresso por Pedro Crasbeeck, 1600.- [2], 239, [8] f.; 27 cm., Edition published in the last year of the 16th century, comprising the chronicles of Count D. Henrique, D. Afonso Henriques, D. Sancho I, D. Afonso II, D. Sancho II, D. Afonso III, D. Dinis, D. Afonso IV, D. Pedro I and D. Fernando I. The chronicle of D. João I was only printed in 1643. Duarte Nunes (1530-1608), erudite historian, graduated in Law and judge of the Casa da Suplicação (former supreme court of Portugal), after the death of the Cardinal King D. Henrique warmly embraced the cause of Philip I, whose right to the succession he defended in writing against those who challenged him. Copy with slight foxing, slightly cropped, with mirrored title page and restoration (patch) on the lower margin of the second sheet. Last sheet (blank verso) with central restoration reaching the printed part, but without lack of support. Red stamp on title page with monogram of the House of Palmela. Full shagreen binding, not contemporary, probably from the 19th century, with borders and rectangles with gold florets on both, presenting, in the centre, a large tool engraved with blocking press; panels closed on the spine, with a quadrilobed floret on the sections; enpapers with different marbled papers. Samodães, 2247. BN (16th century), 406. D. Manuel II Library, 242.