[12], 140 pp. Illustrated with numerous facsimiles of handcolored plates by the author, many folding. (Folio), original decorative simulated leather, gilt lettered spine. No. 1048 of 2000 copies. Facsimile Edition.
Wonderful full-color facsimile reproduction of a profusely illustrated, unique manuscript written in 1616, now in the Biblioteca da Ajuda. This shipbuilding ordinance, describing more than 2 dozen ships of various kinds, is the equivalent of a treatise on shipbuilding of the time.
