Manuel I on Portugal´s victories in India
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INDIA - MALACCA. MANUEL I, KING OF PORTUGAL. Epistola potentissimi ac Invictissimi Emanuelis Regis Portugaliae et Algarbiorum etc. De Victoriis habitis in India et Malacha Ad. S. in Christo Patrem et Dominum nostrum Do. Leonem X. Pont. Maximum. Viennae (Hieronymu[m] Vietore[m] & Ioannem Singrenium) 1513.
Small 4:o (about 194x141 mm.). (4) ll.
New brown half calf, marbled boards, gilt spinetitel. Some wearing due to dampstaining in lower margin, dampstained in the margins. Old annotation in outer margin of last page, dated 1600. Rare.
VD16, P4374. This very rare Vienna edition (the fourth edition) was printed the same year as the original Rome edition. A highly important letter by King Manuel to the Pope Leo X, in which he reports on the great victories of D. Afonso du Albuquerque in India and especially the conquest of Malacca in 1511.
Manuel I (1469 - 1521), the Fortunate , King of Portugal and the Algarves. His name is associated with a period of Portuguese civilization distinguished by significant achievements both in political affairs and the arts. In spite of its small size and population in comparison to the great land powers of Europe, it was able to acquire an overseas empire of vast proportions and with a global dimension, for the first time in history, during Manuel´s reign. (Wikipedia).
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
Auktionsnummer:
6050
Datum:
2016-06-21