Moraes Silva, Antonio de, translator

Historia de Portugal: Composta em Inglez por huma Sociedade de Litteratos, Trasladada em Vulgar com as Addicções da Versão Franceza, e notas do traductor Portuguez, Antonio de Moraes Silva [vols. 2 pt. 2, 3, and 4]

Lisbon: Na Impressão Regia, 1828. Hardcover. "Terceira edicao, emendada, e accrescentada de muitos factos interessantes, extrahidos dos historiadores da Nação até o anno de 1800, com algumas novas notas pelo mesmo traductor." Volumes 2 (part 2), 3, and 4, only. [2], 207-444, [4] p.; viii, 343, [3] p.; v, [1], 146, [2] p.; 15 cm. Contemporary tree calf with gilt-tooled spine decoration; leather spine labels with gilt-tooled title and volume numbers: 3, 4, 5. Marbled endpapers in an ebullient pink and blue Turkish pattern. Pencilled notation on blank leaf following front endpapers of vol. 2 pt. 2. In Very Good Condition: ends of spines lightly rubbed; 1 cm. along lower edge of each title page has been trimmed off, removing the name of a former owner; minor loss at lower corners of free endpapers in vol. 4, which also has faint staining at lower page corners throughout; occasional browning and foxing; otherwise clean and tight. Very Good. Item #003941

Price: $125.00