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GÓIS (Damião de). CHRONICA do Serenissimo Principe D. Joaõ. Coimbra: Na Real Officina da Universidade, 1790. - GÓIS (Damião de) CHRONICA do Serenissimo Principe D. Joaõ . Dirigida ao Magnanimo e Poderoso Rei D. Joaõ III do nome. Coimbra: Na Real Officina da Universidade, 1790. [8], 248 pp.; 215 mm. Full contemporary calf binding; slightly trimmed; painted page edges; slight browning. Damião de Góis (1502-1574), Portuguese humanist, diplomat and chronicler, one of the foremost representatives of the Renaissance in Portugal and a friend of Erasmus and Dürer, wrote this chronicle of Prince João, who became King João II, the Perfect Prince. The work was first printed in Coimbra in 1567 by João Barreira; the 1790 edition, issued by the Real Officina da Universidade de Coimbra, is the third Portuguese edition. Damião de Góis, who was prosecuted by the Inquisition in old age, is also the author of the Chronica do Felicíssimo Rei D. Manuel . Rare and esteemed.