Triumpho Lusitano. Aplauzos Festivos [“Portuguese Triumph. Festive Applauds.”].

AUCTION 51 | Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Books, Part II

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LEON (LEÃO), MANUEL DE.

Triumpho Lusitano. Aplauzos Festivos [“Portuguese Triumph. Festive Applauds.”].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> On title, sumptuous engraving of Portuguese coat-of-arms. pp. (10), 328. Trace foxed, title-page washed. Later marbled wrappers. 8vo. Kayserling, p. 57.

Brussels: n.p 1688

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

Description of festivities held in Lisbon October 11th-25th 1687, celebrating the marriage of Dom Pedro II, King of Portugal, to Doña Maria Sofia Isabel of Baviera-Neuberg. The author, the poet Manuel de Leon (Leão), originally of Leyria, Spain, died in Amsterdam after 1712. See JE, Vol. VIII, p. 2.