Sallustio em Portuguez, por J.V. Barreto Feio.

Paris, Na Livraria Nacional e Estrangeira [Imprimerie de J. MacCarthy appears on verso of the half title], 1825.. First Edition in Portuguese. 12°, contemporary tree sheep (only the slightest wear), flat spine gilt, marbled endleaves, text block edges tinted yellow and sprinkled red, green silk ribbon place marker. Ocassional foxing. Overall in fine condition. (2 ll.), 397 pp., (1 l. errata). *** First Editions of the present translations of both the Bellum Catilinarium, and the Bellum Jugurthinum. The original Latin texts and the Portuguese translations appear on facing pages. There is also a Lisbon edition of 1850. Gonçalves Rodrigues (3855), citing the Velloso auction catalogue (576), refers to an edition in 8º of Paris 1823, but we have found no other references to such an edition, and suppose it must be a ghost, perhaps based on a typographical error. Gonçalves Rodrigues (3868), citing Ameal (2090), also refers to a Paris 1824 edition in 12º; again, we have been able to find no other references to such an edition, and suspect it too may be a ghost based on a typographical error; aside from the date, Ameal provides exactly the same collation as our copy, giving the same printer and publisher, calling it "edição única". An earlier translation, by Miguel Le Bourdiec, appeared in Lisbon, 1820.The translator, José Victorino Barreto Feio (1782-1850), was born at a place called Formal in the concelho de Oliveira de Azemeis, in the Douro region, 35 kilometers South of Porto. He entered the monastery of Alcobaça, but left without professing, joining the royal marines in Lisbon, then moving to the army; by 1813 he was Captain of a regiment. In 1821 he was elected to the constitutional Côrtes, where he was a prominent proponent of liberal ideas. With the conservative reaction of 1823, he left Portugal for France, and was in London when the Carta Constitucional was proclaimed in 1826; from 1828 to 1834 he lived in England, Brazil, and Hamburg. With the success of the liberal side in 1834 he returned to Portugal, being elected to the Municipal Council of Lisbon in 1834, and to the constitutional Côrtes in 1837. In additon to the present work, he translated Livy, Virgil, and Metastasio, among others, collaborated with José Gomes Monteiro in editions of Gil Vicente and Camões published in Hamburg, as well as having written original pieces on the political events of his times. Barreto Feio is said to have left some unpublished original poetry. *** Innocêncio V, 154-6. Gonçalves Rodrigues, A tradução em Portugal 3943. Ramos A edição de língua portuguesa em França 109. Jisc locates a single copy, in the British Library. The Catalogue Collectif de France locates a single copy in the Biblioteque National, Paris. Extensive online searches failed to locate any earlier edition.