WORKS OF CAMOENS.
Having been requested by a foreign nobleman to furnish him with a list of the editions of the works of Camoens, and of the various translations, I have prepared one; and considering the information might be interesting to several of your readers, I send you a copy for insertion It besides affords an opportunity of asking after those editions, to which I have added the observations. The first star indicates that the works are in my private collection, as are several other works relating to that celebrated poet. Obras means the collected works.
JOAN ADAMSON.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dec. l6. 1850.
EDITIONS OF THE WORKS OF LUIS DE CAMOENS.
Obras. Lusiadas. Rimas. Comedias. Size. Date. Observations
* -- * -- -- 4to. 1572
* -- * -- -- 4to. 1572
* -- * -- -- 8vo. 1584 The first with any
commentary.
-- -- -- * 1587 Very doubtful.
-- * -- -- 8vo. 1591 Supposed to be a mistake
for 1584.
* -- -- * -- 4to. 1595
* -- * -- -- 4to. 1597
* -- -- * -- 4to. 1593
-- -- * -- 1601 Very dubious.
-- * -- -- 1607 Dubious, but mentioned by
Machado.
* -- -- * -- 4to. 1607
* -- * -- -- 4to. 1609
* -- * -- -- 4to. 1612
* -- * -- -- 4to. 1613
* -- -- * -- 4to. 1614
* -- -- -- * 4to. 1615
* -- -- * -- 4to. 1616
-- * -- -- 32mo. 1620 Mentioned by Machado.
-- -- * -- 4to. 1621
* -- -- * -- 32mo. 1623
* -- * -- -- 32mo. 1626
* -- -- * -- 32mo. 1629
* -- * -- -- 32mo. 1631
* -- * -- -- 32mo. 1633
* -- * -- -- Folio.1639
* -- * -- -- 32mo. 1644
* -- -- * -- 32mo. 1645
-- * -- -- 32mo.}1651 { Sold together at Bridge's
-- -- * -- 32mo.} { sale. Machado mentions
{ the edition of the
{ Lusiad printed by
{ Pedro Craerbeeck.
* -- * -- -- 12mo. 1663
* -- -- * -- 12mo. 1663
* -- -- * -- 4to. 1666
-- -- * -- 4to. 1668
-- -- * -- 4to. 1669
* -- * -- -- 4to. 1669
* * -- -- -- 4to. 1669
* -- * -- -- 12mo. 1670
* -- -- * -- 12mo. 1670
* -- -- * -- Folio.1685-9
* * -- -- -- Folio.1720
* -- * -- -- 12mo. 1721
* -- -- * -- 12mo. 1721 Has no separate title.
* -- * -- -- 4to. 1731-2
-- * -- -- 1749 { Mentioned in Clarke's
{ Progress of Maritime { Discovery.* * -- -- -- 12mo. 1759
* * -- -- -- 12mo. 1772
* * -- -- -- 8vo. 1779-80
* * -- -- -- 8vo. 1782-83
* -- * -- -- 18mo. 1800
* -- * -- -- 18mo. 1805
* * -- -- -- 12mo. 1815
-- * -- -- 4to. 1817
* -- * -- -- 12mo. 1818
* -- * -- -- 8vo. 1819
* -- * -- -- 12mo. 1821
* -- * -- -- 18mo. 1823
* * -- -- -- 8vo. 1843
* -- -- -- 8vo. 1846
TRANSLATIONS OF THE LUSIAD.
Language. Name. Size. Date. Observations.
* Latin. Faria 8vo. 1622
* Spanish. Caldera 4to. 1580
* Tapia 4to. 1580
* Garces 4to. 1591
* Gill 8vo. 1818 He has also translated
some of the Rimas.
* Italian. Paggi 12mo. 1658
* Do. another edition 12mo. 1659
* Anonymo 12mo. 1772
* Nervi 12mo. 1814
* Do. another edition 8vo. 1821
* Briccolani 18mo. 1826
* French. Castera 8vo. 1735
* La Harpe 8vo. 1776
* Millié 8vo. 1825
* Gaubier de Barault MS. Only part, and not
known if published.
* German. Kuhn and Winkler 8vo. 1807
* Heise 12mo.
* Anonymo 12mo. Only one canto.
* Donner 8vo. 1833
* Danish. Lundbye 8vo. 1828-1830
* English. Fanshaw Folio. 1655
* Mickle 4to. 1776 Many subsequent editions.
* Musgrave 8vo. 1826
* Strangford 8vo. Only specimen.
N.B. There are several translations of portions of the Lusiad, and of the smaller poems, both in French and English.