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Noticias de Portugal, offerecidas a el rey N.S. Dom Ioao o IV

Faria, Manoel Severim de, 1583-1655, Portugal. Sovereign (1640-1656 : John IV), Parr, Charles McKew donor, Parr, Ruth, donor · 1655 · Lisboa : Na officina Craesbeeckiana · 39 pictures

A 1655 Lisbon treatise on Portugal's population, trade and currency by the chronicler Manoel Severim de Faria, printed at the Craesbeeck press and dedicated to King John IV for a court and administrative readership. Woodcut initials filled with curling leaves, headpieces framing a cherub and a displayed eagle in an oval cartouche, and paired obverse-reverse coin cuts showing crowned profiles, crosses, stars and wreath borders with Latin legends supply small heraldic roundels and letterforms for reuse.

Coins -- Portugal · Portugal -- Commerce Early works to 1800 · Portugal -- Economic conditions 17th century

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