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GALHEGOS (Manuel de). GIGANTOMACHIA de Manvel de Gallegos a don Antonio de Menezes. En Lisboa. 1626.

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GALHEGOS (Manuel de)
GIGANTOMACHIA de Manvel de Gallegos a don Antonio de Menezes. En Lisboa: Por Pedro Crasbeeck, 1626.

8.º; ¶8, §8, +3, A-K8, L5; [19], 86 [aliás 85] ff.; 245 mm.

The feet. Manuel de Galhegos, who became a priest after becoming a widow, was one of Camões' critics, which is why he was not a highly esteemed author in his time. This poem of his, written in octaves and divided into five books, is classified by José dos Santos as VERY RARE and exquisitely printed.

¶ Inocêncio, V, 440; Samodães, 1334; Salema Garção, I, 1359