SKETCHES of Portuguese life, manners, costume, and character / by A. P. D. G.- London: Geo. B. Whittaker, 1826.- XXV, [3], 364 p.: il.; 23 cm.- E. Rare title in the foreign bibliography on Portugal, whose author, who signs only with his initials, remains to this day unidentified. Of him it is known only that he served in the British army in Lisbon and accompanied the royal family in their retreat to Brazil. The 20 aquatints (plus an engraving with musical notation of a modinha, with foxing), hand-coloured, which illustrate the edition, mainly represent customs and scenes of daily life in Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro and present a caricature and satirical nature. Copy with the half-title missing, as in most known copies, a little cropped, with the detriment of the marks (of the plates) of some engravings, on the outer edge. Engravings sometimes with small stains on the same outer edge (fore edge); modinha print with foxing. Occasional small stains and slight offset (contact transfer) to the adjacent sheets, caused by the colour of the prints. Good contemporary binding, full in crushed morocco, made in the United Kingdom, with a beautiful gold ornamental border on the covers (vines and bunches of grapes) and finished with blind tooling decoration; roll on the squares and in the thickness of the covers; panels gold closed on the spine (with slightly weak joints). Duarte de Sousa, 3. Tooley, 453. Foulché-Delbosc, 255.