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Printed Books, Manuscripts and Artwork
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Bloomsbury House
24 Maddox Street Mayfair, London, W1 S1PP ![]()
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Alvares Pereira De Mello (Jayme, Duque De Cadaval) Ultimas Acçoes do Duque D. Nuno Alvares Pereira de Mello...Relacao do seu Enterro..., engraved additional title, portrait, 32 engravings on 28 ff., 3 folding, lacking Figura 2, initials, head and tail pieces, &c., first 3 ff. almost loose & frayed, title and dedication torn without loss, worming to upper margin of c. 25 ff., little staining and browning, ink note on title, contemporary vellum, stained green, covers with gilt monograph surmounted by coronets, worn and marked, spine missing, folio, Lisboa Occidental, Officina da Musica, 1730.***Elaborate funeral book for the first duke of Cadaval (1638-1727), the head of a junior branch of the house of Braganza, giving accounts of his last years and funeral, genealogies, eulogies, epitaphs, &c, and illustrated with splendid engravings by T.A.Harrewin, 'Typographus Regis Portugaliae'.. View Bloomsbury Auctions next auction.Similar lots up for auction |




