BIB_ID
193920
Accession number
MA 4348 (199-202)
Creator
Sousa, Manoel Caetano de, 1658-1734.
Display Date
1707.
Credit line
Gift; Mr. Nathaniel Spear, Jr.; 1985.
Description
4 items (8 p.) ; (fol.)
Notes
These letters were saved from the fire that followed the great earthquake in Lisbon in 1755, when practically the whole of the Conde de Ericeira's famous library was destroyed.
Summary
Giving particulars of Roman archaeological finds in Val de Reis, and referring to a Roman inscription on an ancient stone that was found. He mentions a piece of some unknown animal's hide found at Santarem, and discusses some literary works.
Catalog link
Department