MANUEL II, King of Portugal. - Early Portuguese Books 1489-1600 in the Library of His Majesty the King of Portugal. Described by H.M. King Manuel. Livros antios Portuguezes 1489-1600 da Bibliotheca de sia Majestade fidelissima. Descripto por S.M. El-Rei D. Manuel. 3 vols.

1929-35 With 22 plates, and more than 1000 illustrations, often in red and black. LVI, 633 pp.; XII, 817 pp.; XLI, 791 pp. Large 4to. Orig. cloth, gilt Royal coat of arms on covers (spines slightly faded). London, (Walter Lewis at the Cambridge University Press, for) Maggs Bros., 1929-35. One of 650 copies on antique paper, of a total edition of 698. A catalogue raisonné of the Royal Portuguese collection. Volume I covers the period 1489-1539, volume II 1540-1569, volume III 1570-1600 and supplement 1500-1597. More than 400 books are described in detail both in English and Portuguese. With a text by Aubrey F. G. Bell "H.M. King Manuel II", and by Stanley Morison "The King and his books". This catalogue can indeed be called a "masterpiece, both of composition and press-work" (Barker, Stanley Morison, p. 335). BIBLIOGRAPHY ;

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