Camoens: His Life and His Lusiads. Two Volume Set

by Richard F. Burton

$300 · Offered by Good Books in the Woods

First edition

Hardcover, London: Bernard Quaritch, 1881. Very Good. First edition, second issue. Bound in publisher's original red cloth. According to Penzer, the 2nd issue is identical to the first except bound in red cloth instead of green. This is a 2 volume set of Burton's biography of Luis de Camoes, known as Camoens in English at the time. Luis de Camoes 1525-1580 was a Portuguese adventurer and poet who is still considered to be the

• Binding: Hardcover

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