‎SILVA PEREIRA OLIVEIRA, Luiz da:‎
‎Privilegios da nobreza, e fidalguia de Portugal, offerecidos ... Marquez de Abrantes D. Pedro de Lencastre Silveira Castello-Branco ... pelo ... Luiz Da Silva Pereira Oliveira ... ‎

‎Lisboa, João Rodrigues Neves, 1806, in-8vo, XII + 344 (recte 346, nr. 303-4 used twice) + 2 leaves (errata), waterstaining to bottom margin in the first part of the volume (more important in the first 40 leaves, some tiny tears to bottom margin of prelim. part, some water staining (mainly marg.) to few leaves at the end, hw. former owner's name in bottom margin of title Gonçalo Pinto, small bookshop label on front pastedown, half leather binding, gold tooled spine, top ofspine chipped, top of hinges starting, partly rubbed and bumped.‎

Reference : 71190aaf

‎Scarce first edition. In this guide the first part (pp. 1 to 209) deals with the origins and privileges of the various classes and kinds of Portuguese nobility "Nobreza", followed by sections such as "Das officios mecanicos incompativeis com a nobreza, e destructivos de seus brilhantes privilegios" (pp. 181-9), et "Dos crimes destruidores da nobreza". The second and third parts, with continuous pagination, deal with "Fidalgos" (pp. 211-288) and "Cavalleiros" (pp. 289-338), followed by "Leis primordiaes da nobreza Lusitana". Innocêncio noted that although the laws had been changed by his time, he still considered this an interesting and useful book. Innocêncio V/324 and XVI/71, calling for XII + 345 pp. + 3 pp. errata; not in Palha. NUC: ICN, DCU-IA, MiU, MH (calling for XII + 344 pp.). ‎