Os Lusiadas de Luis de Camões
Subtitle: Com privilegio real
Publisher: Com licença da sancta Inquisição, & do ordinario: em casa de Antonio Gõçaluez, impressor.
Published: 1572
Place of publication: Impressos em Lisboa
Language: por
Number of pages: 186
Notes: Another edition published in the same year is now regarded as being the first edition. Cf. Lisbon. Biblioteca nacional. Os Lusiádas 1572-1972. Lisboa, 1972; no. 2.

Signatures: pi²A-Y⁸Z¹⁰.

Leaves 108, 110, 114, 120, 121, 122, and 154 misnumbered 118, 106, 104, 102, 117, 128, and 149, respectively.

Verso of t.p. blank.

Initials.

Title within wdct. border. The pelican in the center of the upper border looks to the left. Line 7 & 8 of first stanza of canto I end: edificarão and sublimarão. The imprint is in small type; approbation of the holy office is in large italic, the same as the signature. Running title differs and shows misprint. Page numbering very inexact. F. 69 numbered correctly.

Title within wdct. border. The pelican in the center of the upper border looks to the left. Line 7 & 8 of first stanza of canto I end: edificarão and sublimarão. The imprint is in small type; approbation of the holy office is in large italic, the same as the signature. Folio 69 misprinted '72.' Running title differs and shows misprint. Page numbering very inexact.

Title within wdct. border. The pelican in the center of the upper border looks to the right. 7th. and 8th. line of first stanza of canto I end with: "edificáram" and "sublimáram." The imprint is in large type and the approbation of the holy office, verso of the "Licença" in large italic [the same as the signature.]

Imperfect: Repaired in many places, running title shaved sig.N.7&8.

With different impression of "Licenca" and approbation of the holy office, the date of the month printed in letters. Approbation in small italics. Signature in larger type than text; the F of Ferreira stands below the B of Bertholomeu.