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Os Lusiadas (The Lusiads) [with] Camoens: His Life and His Lusiads [with] The Lyricks. 6 volumes
by Camoens, Luis Vaz de & Richard Francis Burton (trans.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. 1880, 1881, 1884. 6 volumes in green cloth, the first two volumes are the second issue, uniform in size with the others. Bookplates and bookseller tickets on front pastedowns, volumes 3 and 4 (Camoens: His Life and His Lusiads) more heavily worn, 4 with a small spot of blue pain on the front hinge, and volume 3 neatly rebacked in green cloth with the original spine laid back down. Light wear, rubbing to gilt and hinges, and a few lightly bumped corners otherwise. Still about very good over all. Slight scattered foxing and age toning internally, a bit heavier to the titles and endpapers. Originally published in 1572, it is the de facto national epic of Portugal, detailing in heroic form the voyages during the Age of Exploration. Penzer 105-106. Size: Octavo (8vo). 6-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Poetry; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044673.
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- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044673
- Title
- Os Lusiadas (The Lusiads) [with] Camoens: His Life and His Lusiads [with] The Lyricks. 6 volumes
- Author
- Camoens, Luis Vaz de & Richard Francis Burton (trans.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bernard Quaritch
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1880
- Keywords
- Poetry; Antiquarian & Rare. NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Pazzo Books
Returns accepted for any reason within 30 days of shipment - full refund less shipping. If we have made a mistake, we will pay shipping both ways. Institutions billed according to their requirements.
About the Seller
Pazzo Books
Biblio member since 2003
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
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- Gilt
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