[Rarebooks] FS: First ed. of Mitchell's translation of the "Lusiad" London: 1854

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Camoens, Luis de. THE LUSIAD OF LUIS DE CAMOENS, Closely Translated. With a 
Portrait of the Poet, a Compendium of His Life, an Index... a View of the “
Fountain of Tears,”... and Marginal and Annexed Notes by [the translator] T. 
Livingston Mitchell. London: T. & W. Boone. 1854. First edition of this 
translation. xxx,310pp. Index. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait (lightly foxed) 
and one engraved plate. Orig. decorative brown cloth, blind & gilt stamped. A 
very nice copy.     $300.00 (trade discount allowed)
Mitchell, an Australian author, apparently made this translation on a voyage 
from Sydney to London. Ferguson. #12665.

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