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 our country's monuments and antiquities. The trip was sponsored by William Burton Conyngham, collector, antiquarian and patron of the arts. Original edition illustrated with 24 copperplate prints, not coloured, representing customs, monuments, antiquities, inscriptions and a plan of Lisbon (the portrait found in rare copies and which the present does not include does not belong to the edition). Remarkable copy for having belonged to the library of the two last 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). Slight cropping (Carmine edge), keeping good margins and occasional light browning (some engravings with slight stains). Full sheepskin contemporary binding, slightly worn, with a jasper patina and gilt 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 (same copy).