LOBO (FRANCISCO RODRIGUES) Corte na aldea e noites de inverno... offerecido ao Senhor Dom Duarte Marques de Frechilha & de Malagao, FIRST EDITION, engraved title with large armorial device, engraved portrait of the author, 2 single worm holes (one throughout the volume, the other in margin towards the end), some other worming repairs in outer corners of first few gatherings (occasionally affecting text), seventeenth century mottled sheep, gilt panelled spine (worn in places), restored with new endpapers, 8vo (180 x 120mm.), Lisbon, Pedro Crasbeek, 1619 Footnotes: Very rare first edition of the first classical prose work produced in Portugal, no copy of which appears to have sold at auction since 1960. Lobo composed most of his poems and prose works in his native Portuguese, which at the time was much less fashionable in courtly and literary circles than Castilian. Provenance: 'Basilio Ant[onio] de Rávago [de los Ríos]', (born 1728), ownership inscription on title, and that of 'Liz do Crespoa' on final blank. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com