MURPHY, James.- Travels in Portugal through the provinces of Entre Douro e Minho, Beira, Estremadura and Alem-Tejo in the years 1789 and 1790. Consisting on the manners, customs, trade, public buidings, arts, antiquities, &c. of that Kingdom.- London: Printed for A. Strahan, T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1795.- XII, 311, [1 br.] p.: XXIV gravuras; 32 cm.- E. James Murphy (1760-1814), Irish architect, visited Portugal between 1788 and 1790, with the aim of studying and recording in drawings the monuments and antiquities of our country. The trip was sponsored by William Burton Conyngham, collector, antique dealer and patron of the arts. Original edition illustrated with 24 copperplate prints, not coloured, representing customs, monuments, antiques, inscriptions and a plan of Lisbon (the portrait that is in rare copies and that the present does not include, does not belong to the edition). An outstanding example for having belonged to the library of the last two kings of Portugal: D. Carlos I (stamp with the crowned DC monogram, on the title page) and D. Manuel II (ex-libris on the back cover). Light trimming (carmine edges), conserving good margins and occasional slight foxing (some engravings with slight stains). Contemporary full sheepskin binding, slightly worn, with patina melange and gold decoration on the spine (with traces of wormholes). Duarte de Sousa, 511. Foulché-Delbosc, 197 A. Catalogue of the Royal Library, Correio-Velho, June 1989, lot no. 654 (the same copy).