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2 volumes in 1. 12°, contemporary mottled sheep (minor wear), flat spine richly gilt with crimson leather lettering piece, gilt letter, marbled endleaves, covers with borders ruled in blind, edges of boards milled, text-block edges rouged, green silk place marker with red trim. Woodcut vignette on title page. In very good to fine condition. (7 ll.), 222 pp., (1 l.). *** Third edition. Bernardes (ca. 1530?-ca. 1605?) was born to a distinguished family of Ponte da Barca on the river Lima, and often sang the praises of the Lima. In 1578 he was chosen as the official poet of the ill-fated expedition of D. Sebastião that ended with the battle of Alcácer Quibir; he was captured, and imprisoned until 1581. Varias rimas ao bom Iesus, e a Virgem ., written during his captivity, was his first published work, appearing in 1594, followed in 1596 by both O Lyma and Rimas varias, flores do Lima. He wrote in the new style of Italian hendecasyllables, of which "none was a more talented or truer poet than Diogo Bernardes . If, read in the mass, his poems produce the impression of a cloying sweetness, it must be remembered that never before had Portuguese poetry risen to so harmonious a music" (Bell, Portuguese Literature pp. 145, 147).*** Innocêncio II, 148 (without mention of the final leaf with licenses). Pinto de Matos (1970) p. 78. Palha 807. See also Bell, Portuguese Literature pp. 145-7; Saraiva & Lopes, História da literatura portuguesa (17th ed.) p. 366 et passim; Zulmira Santos in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 58-9; Aníbal de Castro in Biblos, I, 644-50. *** BOUND WITH: BERNARDES, Diogo. Varias rimas ao Bom Iesus, e a Virgem gloriosa Sua Mãy, e a Santos particulares: Com outras mais de honesta, & proueitosa liçam. Lisbon: Na Officina de Miguel Rodrigues, 1770. 12º, (6 ll.), 182 pp. A very good to fine copy.Sixth edition.* Innocêncio II, 148. Pinto de Matos (1970) p. 78. Palha 807. Seller Inventory # 37709
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