Medêa

[6], 38, [2] leaves ; 22 cm (4to) Manuscript codex Text composed in one hand Title from title page on leaf 1, 2nd count Translation, by Victor Porfirio de Borja of the author's play: Médée, first printed in Paris, 1694 Preceded by 1 leaf of a note by the translator, Victor Profirio de Borja, on leaf [1] recto, 1st count, and a preface to the play translated from the French on leaves [2-6], 1st count According to Sacramento Blake in his Diccionario bibliographico brazileiro, Victor Porphirio de Borja was born in Portugal but considered to be Brazilian by virtue of his support of the Constitution of 1824, and of his proposal for the founding a public theater in Rio de Janeiro in 1824 Purchase; 18-409