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FARIA (Francisco Leite de). AS MUITAS Edições da «Peregrinação» de Fernão Mendes Pinto. Lisboa. 1992. - FARIA (Francisco Leite de) AS MUITAS Edições da «Peregrinação» de Fernão Mendes Pinto . Lisboa: Academia Portuguesa de História, 1992. 192 pp.: il.; 255 mm. A reference work for the bibliography of Fernão Mendes Pinto. Francisco Leite de Faria inventories and describes the editions of Peregrinação , from the first edition in Lisbon, 1614, printed by Pedro Crasbeeck, to the successive Portuguese re-editions and the numerous translations into Spanish, French, English, Dutch, German and other languages, which made the book one of the most internationally widespread Portuguese works. For each edition, essential bibliographic information is provided, with notes on the particularities of each printing, variants, interventions by translators and editors, and the vicissitudes of the work's reception over four centuries. Illustrated with reproductions of frontispieces. An indispensable tool for bibliophiles, booksellers, and scholars of Portuguese travel literature. Estimated. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate