Espelho de perfeycam
Subtitle: em linguoa portugues
Publisher: Cónegos de Santa Cruz
Published: 1533
Place of publication: Coimbra
Language: por
Subjects: Christian life; Catholic authors; Early works to 1800; Spiritual life; Catholic Church; Perfection; Religious aspects
Other titles: Espelho de perfeição
Work titles: Spiegel der volkomenheid
Notes: Translated by Braz de Barros from an intermediate Latin translation; originally written in Dutch.

Colophon ([et]6r): Imprimiasse per os coneguos de sancta Cruz: em o anno da encarnaçam de nosso senhor Iesu christo .1533. Anno sexto da reformaçam do dito moesteyro.

Signatures: [cross]⁴(-[cross]1, blank?), a-h⁸ i⁴ k-s⁸ [superscript chi]r⁸ t-x⁸ z⁸ y⁸ [et]⁶; a5 signed 'aiiij'.

Errors in foliation: CIII, CLIX misnumbered CI, CLX respectively.

Title-page woodcut of the Annunciation; full-page woodcut of the Agnus Dei on [et]6v.

Dedicatory letter to João III by Braz de Barros, dated 12 November 1533: [cross]2v-[cross]4v.

In some copies, attempts have been made to "correct" the irregular signings of the final quires by using printed overslips in various ways; some signatures may also have been altered through stop-press correction. It is not known if these different states exhibit any textual differences.

Anselmo, A.J. Bib. Portugal s. 16, 446.

King Manuel. Early Portuguese books, 31.

Silva, I.F. da. Diccionário bib. portuguez, I, 394.