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Lot 28:
MENDONÇA (Jerónimo de)
IORNADA de Africa. Composta por Hieronymo de Mendoça, natural do Porto: em a qual se responde à Ieronymo Franqui, & outros, & se trata do successo da batalha, cativeiro, & dos que nelle padecerão por não serem Mouros, com outras cousas dignas de notas. Em Lisboa: Impresso por Pedro Craesbecck, 1607.
*6, A-Z8, Aa4; [6], 188 ff.; 185 mm.
FIRST EDITION, very rare, of one of the most important works on the battle of Alcácer Quibir, constituting an eyewitness account of that extremely important event in the History of Portugal. Jerónimo de Mendonça, born in Porto, was part of the expedition that resulted in the death of D. Sebastião, and was imprisoned there. Very rare and important.
¶ Inocêncio, v. 3, p. 270; Barbosa, v.2, p. 508; Samodães, 2077; Pinto Matos, 437
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