Voyage en Portugal à travers les provinces d'Entre-Douro et Minho, de Beira, d'Estramadure et d'Alenteju, dans les années 1789 et 1790; contenant des observations sur les moeurs, les usages, le commerce, les édifices publics, les arts, les antiquités, etc. de ce royaume [...]. Orné de planches.

2 vol., 8vo: [2]-xvi-218, viii-290 pp.; 23 pl. (quire Q & R inverted in vol. II; foxing).

Contemp. marbled calf, gilt orn. flat spines, marbled edges. Good copy.

First French edition by Antoine-Jean-Noël Lallemant (1st Engl. ed.: 1795). Illustrated with 23 fold. plates showing a map of Lisbon, views of the city and monuments, fandango, costumes, etc. Murphy (1760-1814) was an Irish architect and antiquary. He was commissioned in 1788 by William Burton Conyngham to make drawings of Batalha Monastery in central Portugal. He returned to Cadiz in 1802 where he remained for 7 years studying Moorish architecture.
Ref. Not in Chadenat.
Prov. Baron A. t'Serclaes (ms. ownership entry).