Lot 24 , Sousa de Macedo, Antonio de - Lusitania liberata ab injusto Castellanorum dominio ...,

Sousa de Macedo, Antonio de - Lusitania liberata ab injusto Castellanorum dominio ..., folio, with engraved title, 2 ports and 11 plates, Illustrated with 14 full-page engravings, by John Droeshout, engraved on a burin: 1. Prehistoric: portrait of John IV 2. Title page engraved: allegory with Justice and Victory 3. Preceding p. 1: Lusitania 4. Page 58: D. Afonso Henriques 5. P. 93: D. Afonso Henriques and the Miracle of Ourique (vision of Ourique) 6. P. 143: D. João I 7. Page 165: Tree the genealogy of the descendants of D. Manuel I 8. Pág. 470: Phoenix renaissance (allegory of Justice) 9. Page 542: The Dragon of Bragança "pretending to be asleep" 10. 560: Coronation of D. João IV 11. 650: The triumph of King John IV (on horseback) 12. Page 708: Dragon dominating the armillary sphere 13. Page 764: Shield of the royal arms of Portugal 14. Page 792: Obelisk with allegorical figure extolling the Portugal's victory over the Spanish dominion, rebacked calf, with gilt armorials of Fanshaw to front and back boards, Marquess of Donegal armorials to paste down, London 1645
Estimate £400-600


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Sold for £650