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Book Condition: Used
Seller: Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books

United States
About Item: Lisbon, ex typographia João Galrão, 1685.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, contemporary sheep (worn), spine gilt with raised bands in five compartments, gilt-lettered title, gilt bands and ornaments. Small woodcut vignette of floral basket on title page. Typographical and woodcut headpieces, numerous woodcut tailpieces and vignettes. Bottom quarter of leaf A6 torn away, causing loss of a few letters of text on recto and small part of a woodcut vignette on verso. Smaller piece torn away at lower margin of leaf A3, causing loss of most of letter "A" in signature on recto and a catchword on verso. Minor worming in lower blank margins of a few leaves, never affecting text. In good condition. Old signature of José Lopes de Carvalho on title page, verso of fifth preliminary leaf (otherwise blank), front pastedown, and in several places on both recto and verso of front free endleaf. Other notes in same hand on front free endleaf. A [copy of a?] letter, in the same hand, partially scored but without… Read More
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