SOUSA COUTINHO, Manoel de (1555-1632)

Lot 142
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Lot 142 | SOUSA COUTINHO, Manoel de (1555-1632)
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SOUSA COUTINHO, Manoel de (1555-1632)

Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Views of the Church of Batalha in the Province of Estremadura in Portugal ... introductory discourse by James Murphy. London: I. and J. Taylor, [1792]-1795.

Detailed account of the Dominican Church and Monastery of Santa Maria de Vitoria, founded in 1388 by John I of Portugal in thanksgiving for his victory at the battle of Aljubarrota (and so popularly known as 'Batalha'). The work of the Portuguese architect, Alfonso Domingues, was added to during the 15th and 16th centuries, and though unfinished, the 'Capelas Imperfeitas' are considered among the best examples of Manueline architecture. The Dublin architect, James Cavanah Murphy (1760-1814), spent three months at Batalha in 1788, drawing the complex of buildings before commencing a long journey through Portugal and Spain which provided material for other books. Settling in London in 1790, he began his work on the plates and discovered de Sousa's work on the history of the Dominicans (Lisbon, 1622). His book, 'one of the seeds of the Gothic Revival', was eventually published in five parts.



Folio (535 x 360mm). Engraved title by W. Lowry after James Murphy, engraved dedication, and 25 etched and engraved plates after Murphy by Lowry and others, 2 of which double-page, 2pp. letterpress subscribers’ list, 2pp. preface, section-title and 56pp. text (plates lightly spotted). 19th-century red half roan over red watered silk-covered boards (extremities lightly rubbed, covers unevenly faded). Provenance: Bibliotheque Fondation Thiers (cancelled library stamps in margins of title, stamps repeated throughout the book, one just over portrait on dedication) – Philip Hewat-Jaboor (booklabel).

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