JAMES MURPHY - 1760-1814 A general view of the state of Portugal; containing a topographical description thereof in which are included an account of the physical and moral state of the kingdom, together with observations on the animal, vegetable and mineral productions of its colonies. London: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1798.- XI, 272 p.: XV gravuras color., 1 mapa; 31 cm.- E. fine complete copy of the first edition of one of the most famous foreign books about Portugal. It includes 15 hand-coloured aquatints, quite fresh anmd mainl depicting Portuguese costumes and usages and the double leaf (colourless) map Portugal. Copy very clean and with fine margins, gilt leaf cutting. Morocco half-binding, probably of the 20th century. Duarte de Sousa, 509. Foulché-Delbosc, 197 D.