Memorias das principaes providencias
Subtitle: que se derao no terremoto, que padeceo a corte de Lisboa no anno de 1755 : ordenadas, e offerecidas a' magestade fidelissima de el rey D. Joseeph I. Nosso senhor
By: por Amador Patricio de Lisboa
Contributors: Pombal, Sebastiao Jose de Carvalho e Melo, Marques de, 1699-1782. proposed author; Pickering, John,   former owner
Publisher: s.n.]
Published: 1758
Place of publication: [Lisboa
Language: por
Number of pages: 355
Subjects: Earthquake, 1755
Other titles: Ticknor Library of Spanish and Portuguese Literature.
Notes: Engraved title vignette (royal arms of Portugal), head-pieces, tailpiece, and initials.

This work has also been attributed to the Marquez de Pombal. cf. Silva's Dic. bibl. port. v.2, p. 407.

On spine: Memorias do terremoto.

Full bound in mottled calf, gilt stamped lettering and illustrations between raised bands on spine.

Signatures: *́þ 2*-7*℗ø (-7*2) A-2X́þ 2Y℗ø (2Y2 blank).

Cataloged 20180212 gangulo

condition reviewed 20180215 cletizia

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy quarterbound in calf. Bookplate of John Pickering with motto: "Sigill:Coll:Harvard:Cantab:Nov:Angl:1650" and front cover and bookplate of BPL Ticknor Fund on back cover. Acquired December 1934.