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Title: Os Lusiadas (The Lusiads) [with] Camoens: His Life and His Lusiads [with] The Lyricks. Author: Camoens, Luis Vaz de Place: London Publisher: Bernard Quaritch Date: 1880-84 Description: Translated by Sir Richard Burton edited by Isabel Burton. 6 volumes. (12mo) original green cloth stamped in gilt, top edges gilt. First Burton Edition. Os Lusíadas is often regarded as Portugal's national epic, much in the way as Virgil's Aeneid was for the Ancient Romans, or Homer's Iliad and Odyssey for the Ancient Greeks. Burton's translation was originally intended to comprise ten volumes, only six were published. Penzer, p.104. Lot Amendments Condition: Spines sunned, some fraying to ends, light wear, previous owner's name stamped in Vol. 1; very good. Item number: 246189