Voyage en Portugal, de James Murphy, 1797 MURPHY, James.- Voyage en Portugal a travers les provinces d'Entre-Douro et Minho, de Beira, d'Estramadure et d'Alenteju, dans les annés 1789 et 1790; contenant des observations sur les moeurs, les usages, le commerce, les édifices publics, les arts, les antiquités, etc. de ce Royaume.- A Paris: Chez Denné jeune, 1797.- XVI, 346 p.: XXIII gravuras; 26 cm.- E. French translation of the first edition, of larger format, of Murphy's famous work (1760-1814), specially appreciated for the 23 engravings, opened in copper plate (two foldable), representing popular customs, antiques, urban aspects, etc. Engraving V is wrongly numbered as VI, and XXII as XXIII. A specimen slightly cropped, but clean, with both engravings well folded. Recent entire sheepskin binding with smooth spine à la grotesque (with alternating blind and gold toolings), sporting, to the centre of the gold engraved front cover, the heraldic book stamps of Manuel José de Ferreira Pinto Leão (Sérgio Avelar Duarte, 993 [ bookplate]). Xavier Coutinho and Duarte de Sousa refer only to the two-volume edition. Foulché-Delbosc, 197 B