Bidspirit auction | Antónia Pereira de Figueiredo

Antónia Pereira de Figueiredo - Portuguezes nos Concilios Geraes - Antónia Pereira de Figueiredo, 1787. Published in 1787 in Lisbon, in an esteemed and unusual 18th-century edition at the printing house of António Gomes, bearing the curious note of having been taxed at 250 réis in paper. Written by the renowned theologian, Bible translator, and philologist Father António Pereira de Figueiredo, the work deals with the historical and detailed account of the Portuguese ambassadors, prelates, and doctors who were present at and attended the general councils of the West, from the early Lateran Councils to the newest Tridentine Council, highlighting Portugal's diplomatic and religious role in the Church. It features a contemporary full leather (sheepskin) binding with a raised banded spine decorated with fine details and ornaments engraved in gold. It has a total of 134 pages, is in octavo format (approximately 16 x 10 cm), and its overall condition is good, showing normal handling marks on the binding and some scattered acid stains throughout the text block, which do not hinder reading in any way, maintaining a perfectly firm structure.