Ecloga, segunda parte composta por ....

[Colophon] Lisbon, na Offic. de Francisco Borges de Sousa, 1785.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, disbound. Caption title. Clean and crisp. Overall in good to very good condition. 15 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION? The characters are Jozino, Jonia, Rorino, and Risseu. José Daniel Rodrigues da Costa (1757-1832), a native of Leira, was a fervent supporter of D. Miguel. He held many government posts in Portugal and was a prolific writer: his works (the earliest of which dates to 1777) were very popular and often reprinted during his lifetime. Innocêncio uncharacteristically declines to catalogue all the author's works: "Parece-me desnecessario além de difficil, apresentar aqui um catalogo geral de todas as suas producções." Rodrigues da Costa was a poet of arcadismo, using the name Josino Leirense in the Nova Arcadia. His narrative poem O balão dos habitantes da lua (1819) is considered the first Portuguese work of science fiction.*** Not in Innocêncio; on the author, see IV, 304-5; XII, 295; Aditamentos 229-30. Not located in Porbase, which lists Ecloga: Segunda parte, Jozino, Marilia Annalia, e Germana, same imprint and collation as OCLC. Not located in Copac.