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Os Lusiadas (the Lusiads)
by Luís de Camões
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/no dj's as issued
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About This Item
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no dj's as issued. Very Good Translated by Sir Richard Burton, edited by Isabel Burton 6 volumes First Burton Edition.
6 volumes, spines sunned, some fraying to ends, light wear, previous owner's name stamped in Vol 1; very good Translated by Sir Richard Burton, edited by Isabel Burton 6 volumes (12mo) original green cloth stamped in gilt, top edges gilt. Camoens (Luís de Camões) Os Lusíadas is often regarded as Portugal's national epic, much in the way as Virgil's Aeneid was for the Ancient Romans, or Homer's Iliad and Odyssey for the Ancient Greeks. Os Lusíadas is often regarded as Portugal's national epic, much in the way as Virgil's Aeneid was for the Ancient Romans, or Homer's Iliad and Odyssey for the Ancient Greeks.
6 volumes, spines sunned, some fraying to ends, light wear, previous owner's name stamped in Vol 1; very good Translated by Sir Richard Burton, edited by Isabel Burton 6 volumes (12mo) original green cloth stamped in gilt, top edges gilt. Camoens (Luís de Camões) Os Lusíadas is often regarded as Portugal's national epic, much in the way as Virgil's Aeneid was for the Ancient Romans, or Homer's Iliad and Odyssey for the Ancient Greeks. Os Lusíadas is often regarded as Portugal's national epic, much in the way as Virgil's Aeneid was for the Ancient Romans, or Homer's Iliad and Odyssey for the Ancient Greeks.
Extended Description and Notes
Os Lusiadas (The Lusiads. Bernard Quaritch, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Translated by Sir Richard Burton, edited by Isabel Burton, 6 volumes.
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- Bookseller
- Rare Books Honolulu
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1IP-SV1-DC7
- Title
- Os Lusiadas (the Lusiads)
- Author
- Luís de Camões
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- no dj's as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bernard Quaritch
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1880
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Product_type
- 1
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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