Description:
Coelho de Sousa, Manoel (fl. circa 1720) Resumo para os Principiantes da Explicacao das Oyto Partes da Oracao. Lisboa Occidental: Miguel Rodrigues, 1726.
Octavo, not in Worldcat in any edition, bound in full contemporary red Portuguese morocco, tooled ornately in gilt on boards and spine, with colorful block-printed endleaves, top of joint splitting slightly, 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.
This rare work by the Portuguese author is not in Worldcat, which lists only two other titles by the author, published in 1721 and 1729, and each only held in single copies at the Biblioteca Nacional de EspaƱa in Madrid.
Estimate $300-500
A-E8 (with the final blank E8)
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