Na Turkestina. Aventuras de Fajardo.
by [TERENAS, João da Costa]
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
N.p., n.pr., 1898.. FIRST EDITION. Large 8°, original printed orange wrappers (some fading). Overall in very good condition. 62 pp., (1 blank l.) *** FIRST EDITION; another appeared in 1900. The work is a political commentary masquerading as an account of exotic Turkestan, "entre o Turkestão Turco e o Turkestão Chinez." Fonseca attributes the work to João da Costa Terenas (d. 1915).*** Martinho da Fonseca, Aditamentos p. 197. Porbase locates three copies: two at the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal and one at the Arquivo Nacional-Torre do Tombo. Not located in Jisc.
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- Bookseller
- Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25523
- Title
- Na Turkestina. Aventuras de Fajardo.
- Author
- [TERENAS, João da Costa]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Publisher
- N.p., n.pr., 1898.
- Keywords
- Turkestan, travel, Russia, China, Asia, Imaginary voyages
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- Wrappers
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