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1798 PORTUGAL 1ed ENGLISH James Murphy Geography RARE Portuguese Voyages MAP

James Murphy's 'General View of Portugal' is a late-18th-century collection of chapters describing the history of the kingdom of Portugal.

According to Smollett in his 'Critical Review', on Murphy's "General View of the State of Portugal",
"Mr. Murphy was not content with publishing the memoranda of his tour in Portugal, but was eager to undertake the task of comping, from the works of [Portuguese] natives, a more faithful and complete account of that Kingdom that the English had before seen in their language."

Murphy includes descriptions of the people and tribal groups, topographical and geographical information, mining and gold extraction, agricultural implications, government and legal proceedings, as well as Portuguese philosophy and astronomy.

Item number: #23739
Price: $750

MURPHY, James Cavanah

A general view of the state of Portugal; containing a topographical description thereof. In which are included, an… Read More

First edition. Quarto. Printed for T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies, In The Strand. London. 1798. xi, [1] errata, 272p., 15 engraved plates. Folding engraved map of Portugal. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards. Spine in six compartments with double gilt rules, red leather label and gilt lettering. Silk bookmark. Light shelf wear, a couple of nicks to spine, corners rubbed. Occcasional light spotting/offsetting. A handsome volume.
ESTC N1850. Four copies only recorded in the UK: BL, Cambridge University, Bodleian, and MPL Special Collections. One copy held by the National Library of Ireland. Not held at Trinity College Dublin. One copy held at the Houghton Library, Harvard. Not held at Stanford.
Murphy, James Cavanah. Blackrock, Co. Cork, Ireland 1760 – 1814
Born in Cork, and trained in the Dublin drawing schools, Sir James Chatterton first noticed Murphy's artistic skill. He became an architect, and attracted the attention of Hon. William Burton Conyngham under whose patronage Murphy was sent in… Read More