D. JOÃO III, King of Portugal 1521-1557].

Ley sobre o pam que se vende fiado. E sobre o que se empresta a pagar em pam.

      [colophon] Lisbon, Germão Galharde, 1539. - Caption title, large woodcut initial, round gothic type. (2 ll.). Folio, disbound. Very good condition. Old but later ink inscription "Lei de 25 de Fevereiro de 1539" at top of recto of first leaf. Contemporary (authentification?)ink signature "Alvarez" below colophon on recto of second leaf. FIRST EDITION. This law regulates loans made against a given amount of bread where the term of the loan is unspecified. It was meant to deter those who made such loans and then called for payment once the price of bread had risen substantially. King Manuel 355. Anselmo 619: citing 2 copies in the Biblioteca Nacional, Lisbon, and one at Harvard (Palha 275). Lisbon, Biblioteca Nacional, @Catálogo dos impressos de tipografia portuguesa do século XVI, 715. Not in Lisbon, Academia das Ciências, @Livros quinhentistas portugueses. Not located in NUC. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy]