[Rarebooks] FS: English translation of Camoens' "The Lusiad; or the Discovery of India." Dublin: 1791

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Camoens, Luis de (or, Camoes). THE LUSIAD; OR THE DISCOVERY OF INDIA. An Epic Poem Translated from the Original Portuguese... by William Julius Mickle. The Third Edition. Dublin: Printed by Graisberry and Campbell, for John Archer. 1791. 8vo. 2 vols. (10),cccvlxii(i.e., cccxcii),63,(1);(4),507,(1)pp. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Mickle, and a copper engraved folding map charting the round trip voyage of Vasco da Gama from Spain to India. Very attractive cont. speckled calf, finely rebacked in 20th century calf with red & black calf spine labels. Mounted reference note on verso of title page of Vol. I. Very small oil (?) stain at blank lower fore-margin of the frontispiece and the title page.    $300.00 (trade discount allowed)

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