Epistola do poderosissimo e invictivissimo D. Manoel, Rei de Portugal e dos Algarves etc. ao S. Padre em Christo e Senhor nosso Leão X Pontifice Maximo, sobre as victorias dos portuguezes em Africa. Traducção do texto latino, em dezembro de 1905, por José Pedro da Costa, professor aposentado do lyceu central de Ponta Delgada. Translated from the Latin by José Pedro da Costa.

Ponta Delgada, Diario dos Açores, 1906.. First Edition in Portuguese. 4°, original printed self wrappers, with contemporary glassine wrappers. In good to very good condition. Inscribed in ink manuscript on the front glassine wrapper to Annibal Fernandes Thomaz from Eugenio do Canto, signed. (5, 1 blank ll.). *** First and Only Edition in Portuguese. Translation of a work originally written in 1513.This is one of at least 13 facsimile reprints or translations of rare early works concerning Portuguese history that were published at the direction and expense of Eugenio do Canto; all were printed in very small numbers. A native of Ponta Delgada in the Azores, Canto was the brother of the noted bibliographers Ernesto and José do Canto, the former best known for his Bibliografia Açoriana and Ensaio bibliographico. Catalogo das obras nacionaes e estrangeiras relativas aos successos politicos de Portugal nos annos de 1828 a 1834, the latter for his work on Camões.*** Porbase cites this work without giving any location. Jisc repeats British Library and King's College London. KVK (51 databases searched) cites the record in Porbase, provides a link via the Union Catalogue of Belgian Libraries, which did not work, and locates a copy at Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. Not located in Hollis or Orbis. There is a copy in the Library of Congress. NUC: DLC; locating no copies of the original edition.