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

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, integrated into the entourage of the Infanta D. Joana of Austria (1535-1573), princess of Portugal by marriage to the Infante D. João Manuel (1537-1554), parents of King D. Sebastian. First edition of his first work, dedicated to Queen D. Catarina. Title framed by a xilography similar to the one used in the first edition of “Os Lusíadas” (1572); on the back of the title page, another engraving representing the martyrdom of St. John. On the back of sheet 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 the M section was added from another copy. Otherwise, a clean, solid and complete copy. Ex-libris of J.G. Mazziotti Salema Garção. Contemporary binding, entirely flexible parchment, missing three ties, but retaining the original endpapers. Anselmo, 651. Palau, 83902. BN (16th century), 235. King D. Manuel II Library, 145.