Os Luciadas de Luiz de Camoes, Segunda a do Morgado Matteus, Pariz

Os Luciadas de Luiz de Camoes. Nova Edicao. Segundo a do Morgado Matteus. Com as Notas e Vida do Autor pelo Mesmo, Corrigida Segundo as Edicoes de Hamburgo e de Lisboa e Enrequecida de Notas e d'uma Prefacao. Pelo Dr Caetano Lopes de Moura.

(The Luciadas by Luiz de Camoes. New Edition. According to Morgado Matteus. With the Author's Notes and Life by the Author, Corrected According to the Hamburg and Lisbon Editions and Enriched with Notes and a Preface. By Dr Caetano Lopes de Moura.) 

This work is an epic poem by Luiz Vaz de Camoes and is a celebration of the voyage of Vasco de Gama, and his discovery of a sea route to India. It was first published in 1572 and is regarded as the most important work in Portuguese language literature.

Published by Na Officina Typographica de Firmin Didot, Pariz. Impressor Do Instituto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Undated, but c. 1870. A scarce publication, not listed in Worldcat.

A good hardback with leather spine and marbled boards. Some scuffing and bumping. Leather is worn and rubbed and front hinge is worn, but all still bound.

Text is clear, with scattered age spotting throughout and occasional scholarly pencil annotation. Previous owner's bookplate to first pastedown.

Titles + ii + 415pp.

Language: Portuguese.

Dimensions: Approximately 172mm high x 122mm wide x 28mm deep.

Unpacked weight approximately 440g.