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NOTICIA da Mythologia, onde se contém em Forma de Diálogo a Historia do Paganismo, para a inteligencia dos antigos Poetas, Pinturas, e Esculturas, &c., &c. Lisboa. 1803. - NOTICIA da Mythologia, onde se contém em Forma de Diálogo a Historia do Paganismo, para a inteligencia dos antigos Poetas, Pinturas, e Esculturas, &c., &c . Traduzida do Francez por A.J.T. Segunda Edição correcta, e emendada. Lisboa: Na Typographia Rollandiana, 1803. 350 pp.; 190 mm. Second edition, corrected and amended, of this Portuguese translation from the French. The work is a compendium of Greco-Roman mythology in dialogue form, intended for the instruction of readers who wished to understand classical poetry, ancient painting and sculpture – genres in which pagan iconography was omnipresent. The dialogue format, typical of Enlightenment pedagogical literature, made the subject matter accessible to a wider audience without classical training. The translator concealed himself under the initials AJT, which Inocêncio could not identify with certainty, suggesting the name António José Teixeira. The original French work, of which this is a translation, was part of a long tradition of popular mythological manuals – which includes, among others, Lamy's ”Fables” and Noël's ”Mythologie” – that circulated widely in Europe throughout the 17th and 18th centuries and served as the basis for numerous Iberian translations. The printing is by Tipografia Rollandiana, the most active printing house in Lisbon during that period. Rare. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate ¶ Inocêncio, v.8, p.215