National Library celebrates 500 years since Camões’ birth
The National Library in Brasília launched on Wednesday (Jul. 24) the exhibition A língua que se escreve sobre o mar – Camões 500 anos (“The language that is written on the sea – Camões 500 years”), commemorating the fifth centenary of the Portuguese poet’s birth.National Library President Marco Lucchesi told Agência Brasil the institution has a long tradition of celebrating Luís de Camões “for all [the institution] holds in its collection—both the works from the Casa do Infantado Royal Library and those acquired during the 19th and 20th centuries.”“The National Library is a vital center of Camonian memory for the more than 700 works it has on Camões, especially the rare works,” Lucchesi added.Among the rarities are the first edition of Os Lusíadas, from 1572, and the second, from 158...