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4°, disbound. Small Maltese cross on title page. Woodcut tailpiece. In good to very good condition. Old oval paper tag with blue edge affixed to upper left-hand corner of title page, with manuscript shelfmark ("19"). Old ink pagination in manuscript (title page unpaginated, then 463-503). 46 pp., (1 blank l.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of Gomes's answer to a friend (and many others) who had complained that they deserved promotion within the Church but hadn't received it. The friend was opposed to the Mesa da Consciencia (established under D. João III in 1532), which had an enormous number of positions under its control, since its purview included the Colégios de São Patrício, dos Catecúmenos, dos Clérigos Pobres, dos Meninos Órfãos, and dos Militares de Coimbra, the hospitals of Nossa Senhora da Luz, Real das Caldas, Real de Coimbra, de São Lázaro de Coimbra and de São Lázaro de Santarém, as well as various albergarias, the Recolhimentos de Nossa Senhora dos Anjos, de Lázaro Leitão, de São Cristóvão and de Nossa Senhora do Amparo, and eventually the Ordens Militares de Cristo, de Santiago da Espada and São Bento de Avis.Of Antonio Gomes, Innocêncio and Barbosa Machado knew only that he had a doctorate in theology. Neither lists any other works.*** Innocêncio XX, 224. Barbosa Machado IV, 37. Porbase locates two copies at Arquivo Nacional-Torre do Tombo and one at Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Not located in Jisc. Not located in Melvyl. KVK (51 databases searched) locates only the copies cited by Porbase. Not located in NUC. Seller Inventory # 21662
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