MANUEL II (1889-1932, King of Portugal). Livros antigos portuguezes 1489-1600 da Bibliotheca de Sua Majestade Fedelissima. - Early Portuguese Books 1489-1600 in the Library of His Majesty the King of Portugal. London, (Cambridge University Press for) Maggs Brothers, 1929-1935. 3 volumes. Royal 4 o. Printed in two columns, with parallel Portuguese and English text. 22 facsimile plates, 932 reproductions in the text including a photogravure portrait of King Manuel II, and a photogravure of the library at Fulwell Park by Emery Walker Original orange cloth, dust-jackets. LIMITED EDITION one of 689 copies issued to subscribers only, designed by Stanley Morison and, in the opinion of Nicolas Barker (Morison, p. 335), "a masterpiece, both of composition and press-work," taking five years to produce; in fact, the last volume appeared three years after the King's death. King Manuel wrote the descriptions of the first 120 books, chronologically arranged 1489-1569, himself; they include the most detailed bibliographical and historical research, occupying 1,450 pages of the first two volumes. The third volume, compiled by the ex-king's librarian, Miss Margery Withers, describes the books printed 1570-1600 (Nos. 121-414) in a more summary fashion. This is the most important collection of early Portuguese books ever formed. (3)
MANUEL II (1889-1932, King of Portugal). Livros antigos portuguezes 1489-1600 da Bibliotheca de Sua Majestade Fedelissima. - Early Portuguese Books 1489-1600 in the Library of His Majesty the King of Portugal. London, (Cambridge University Press for) Maggs Brothers, 1929-1935. 3 volumes. Royal 4 o. Printed in two columns, with parallel Portuguese and English text. 22 facsimile plates, 932 reproductions in the text including a photogravure portrait of King Manuel II, and a photogravure of the library at Fulwell Park by Emery Walker Original orange cloth, dust-jackets. LIMITED EDITION one of 689 copies issued to subscribers only, designed by Stanley Morison and, in the opinion of Nicolas Barker (Morison, p. 335), "a masterpiece, both of composition and press-work," taking five years to produce; in fact, the last volume appeared three years after the King's death. King Manuel wrote the descriptions of the first 120 books, chronologically arranged 1489-1569, himself; they include the most detailed bibliographical and historical research, occupying 1,450 pages of the first two volumes. The third volume, compiled by the ex-king's librarian, Miss Margery Withers, describes the books printed 1570-1600 (Nos. 121-414) in a more summary fashion. This is the most important collection of early Portuguese books ever formed. (3)
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