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Rimas. Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeek, 1598.
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CAMÕES, Luis de (c.1524-1580)
Rimas. Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeek, 1598.
Second edition of the Rimas, with the addition of 26 sonnets, 4 odes and one elegy. Camoes’s lyric poetry stands in the tradition Petrarch, while the odes reflect troubadour, chivalric poetry. As his epic masterpiece, The Lusiads, his poetry helped to shape the modern Portuguese language. Pinto de Mattos, Manual Bib. Portuguez, p.91; Salva 1136n.
Quarto (183 x 125mm), decorative woodcut title page (final blank in the cc quire is missing; some staining, browning, and spotting; small repairs throughout, occasionally effecting text). Modern black morocco with gilt, gilt edges, indecipherable stamp on top edge. Provenance: João Marinho (bookplate).
Rimas. Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeek, 1598.
Second edition of the Rimas, with the addition of 26 sonnets, 4 odes and one elegy. Camoes’s lyric poetry stands in the tradition Petrarch, while the odes reflect troubadour, chivalric poetry. As his epic masterpiece, The Lusiads, his poetry helped to shape the modern Portuguese language. Pinto de Mattos, Manual Bib. Portuguez, p.91; Salva 1136n.
Quarto (183 x 125mm), decorative woodcut title page (final blank in the cc quire is missing; some staining, browning, and spotting; small repairs throughout, occasionally effecting text). Modern black morocco with gilt, gilt edges, indecipherable stamp on top edge. Provenance: João Marinho (bookplate).
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