Camoens: His Life and his Lusiads.
by BURTON, Richard F
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Bernard Quaritch, 1881. Small 8vo, two volumes. Original publisher's green cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt; pp. vii, 366; [367]-738, 6; minimally worn, inner hinges a little weakened; internally fine and uncut; gift inscription to front fly-leaves. First edition, first issue of Burton's magisterial commentary of the life and work of Camões, the creator of the Portuguese national epos. What attracted Burton apart from his philological erudition were Camões' involvement in the expansion of the Portuguese Empire and the frankness of some of the suppressed verses. This rare work was published one year after Burton's translation of the Lusiads. On pages 709 to 727 is Isabel Burton's The Reviewer Reviewed: A Postscript. Casada 76; Penzer p. 104.
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- Bookseller
- Henry Sotheran Ltd. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2097880
- Title
- Camoens: His Life and his Lusiads.
- Author
- BURTON, Richard F
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Henry Sotheran Ltd.
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London, London
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