Noites Jozephinas de mirtilo sobre a infausta morte do serenissimo Senhor D. Joze Principe do Brazil dedicadas ao consterna do povo luzitano.

SOYÉ, Luis Rafael.

Published by Lisboa: Regia Officina Typographica, 1790., 1790

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8vo. "148" [i.e. 248], [2]p. (the final leaf is a printer's advert of Soyé's works). 17 engraved plates i.e. engraved portrait of Jozé, Principe do Brazil, engraved title-page, engraved portrait of Luis Rafael Soyé, engraved frontispiece, 12 engraved allegorical plates introducing each of the 12 Noites, plus an additional engraved plate at the end. Together with a half-page vignette, at the beginning of each of the twelve cantos. Among the engravers are Gregorio Francisco de Queiroz and José Lucio da Costa. In this copy the plate following page 84 and preceding Noite V is in its second state i.e. containing two inscriptions not found in the first state: "D. Joze" on the end of the sarcophagus and "Principe do Brazil" on the pedestal. Slight damp-stain in the upper margin of Noite 2. Contemporary mottled calf, marbled endpapers. Engraved bookplate on verso of free front endpaper incorporating the Portuguese royal arms of 7 castles and 5 shields surmounted by a crown, with the manuscript date "24 Junho 1806"; name "Botelho" on blank recto of frontispiece portrait. References: Sabin 88837; V. Gauz, Portuguese and Brazilian books in the John Carter Brown Library, 1537-1839, no. 790/5. Seller Inventory # 17/114

Bibliographic Details

Title: Noites Jozephinas de mirtilo sobre a ...

Publisher: Lisboa: Regia Officina Typographica, 1790.

Publication Date: 1790

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good