Assento
By: feito em Cortes pelos Tres Estados dos Reynos de Portugal, da acclamaçaõ, restitucão, & juramento dos mesmos Reynos, ao muito Alto, & muito poderoso Senhor Rey Dom Ioaõ o Quarto deste nome
Contributors: Meneses, Sebastião Cesar de; Portugal. Sovereign (1640-1656 : John IV)
Publisher: Co[n] licenças necessarias. Por Paulo Craesbeeck
Published: 1641
Place of publication: [Lisbon]
Language: por
Number of pages: 14
Work titles: Assento (1641 Mar. 5)
Notes: Caption title.

Name of printer and date of publication from colophon.

Dated and signed on recto of leaf 13: Escrito em Lisboa aos sinco dias domes de março de mil & seiscentos & quarenta & hu[n] annos, por Sebastiaõ [sic] Cesar de Meneses, secretario do estado da Nobreza.

The BNP lists two issued of this pamphlet: one issue has leaf 6 properly signed B2 and foliation running from fol. 1-fol. 14; in the other issue (this one) leaf 6 is improperly signed D2 and there is an additional leaf numbered 7 inserted betweeen leaves 7 and 8.

Concerning legitimate heirs of King John IV.

Signatures: [A]⁴ B⁴ (B2 missigned D2) chi1 C⁴ D²

Woodcut initial in caption title page.

Silva, I.F. da. Dicc. bib. portuguez, I:309.

Silva, I.F. da. Dicc. bib. portuguez, 8:322.

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: closely cropped at head of text block, affecting foliation and some text.

John Carter Brown Library copy disbound.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Bromsen Fund.