CARVALHA, Joao Jorge de. Gaticanea, ou Cruellissima Guerra entre os Caes, e os Gatos, decidida em huma sanguinoleta batalha na Grande Praca da Real Villa de Mafra. Lisbon: Francisco Luiz Ameno, 1781. 8°. Half title, engraved frontispiece, woodcut device on title, 2 folding plates, note to binder on verso of H8 (one folding plate torn with minor repairs, occasional light staining and spotting). Contemporary speckled calf (lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION. A parodic verse epic describing a battle between cats and dogs in the Portuguese town of Mafra. Da Silva III, 878.