Talbot, Explicaçao breve, Lisbon, 1744, contemporary Portuguese red morocco gilt

TALBOT, GABRIEL

Explicaçaô breve ... da Santa Regra do grande Patriarca, e Principe dos Patriarcas o glorioso Saô Bento. Lisbon: Miguel Manescal da Costa, 1744

4to (205 x 138mm.), woodcut initials and headpieces, CONTEMPORARY PORTUGUESE RED MOROCCO GILT, covers tooled to a fan pattern, spine gilt in compartments, gilt and gauffered edges, extremities slightly rubbed

PROVENANCE:

Dukes of Lafões, armorial ink stamp on verso of title-page (possibly João-Carlos, 2nd Duke of Lafões, 1719-1806); sale, Sotheby's, 3 March 1958, lot 201