Image: Frontispiece - Histoire des Revolutions de Portugal (Vertot, 1729)
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Description: Frontispiece of the 1729 book Histoire des Revolutions de Portugal, by René Aubert de Vertot. The engraving depicts a scene from the Restoration of Independence in 1640 -- the Forty Conspirators defenestrate Miguel de Vasconcelos, Philip IV of Spain's Secretary of State, from one of the windows of the Ribeira Palace.
Title: Frontispiece - Histoire des Revolutions de Portugal (Vertot, 1729)
Credit: Vertot, René Aubert de (1729), "Histoire des revolutions de Portugal"
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