ESTELLA, Frei Diego de, O.F.M.- Tratado de la | vida loores y excelencias del glorioso a- | postol y bienauenturado ...

ESTELLA, Frei Diego de, O.F.M.- Tratado de la | vida loores y excelencias del glorioso a- | postol y bienauenturado euangelista san | Iuan, el mas amado y querido discipulo | de Christo nuestro saluador: cõpuesto | por el . P. F. Diego de Estella, de la or- | den de los frailes menores: dirigido | a la muy alta y muy poderosa rey- | na de Portugal, y por mãda | do de su alteza agora nue- | uame[n]te impresso...- Lisbona: en la impre[n]ta de German gallarde, [1554].- ccviij, [3, 1 br.] f.; 20 cm.- E., Fr. Diego de Estella (1524-1578), Franciscan religious, humanist, theologian and Spanish ascetic writer, born in Estella (Navarra) studied in Toulouse and Salamanca. In 1552 he arrived in Portugal (where he stayed for two years) as part of the entourage of the Infanta D. Joana of Austria, Princess of Portugal by marriage to the Infante D. João Manuel (1537-1554), parents of King D. Sebastião. First edition of his first work, dedicated to Queen Catherine. Title framed by a xilography similar to the one used in the first edition of “Os Lusíadas” (1572); on the reverse side of the title page, another engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint John. On the reverse of the page cviij (f. CC8) an extensive colophon ending with the date of completion of the work: Acabouse a nueue del mes de Augusto. Año de mil y quinhientos y cinquentay quatro. In the first section, four sheets (A1, 2, 7 and 8) have restorations in the upper margin; apparently, section M was inserted from another copy. For the rest, a clean, solid and complete copy. Ex-libris of the bookstore by JG Mazziotti Salema Garção. Contemporary binding, full flexible parchment, missing three ties, but retaining the original paper of the endpapers. Anselmo, 651. Palau, 83902. BN (16th century), 235. D. Manuel II Library, 145.