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Lisbon, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian / Cinemateca Portuguesa, 1987.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Folio (42 x 30.1 cm.), original illustrated wrappers. As new. 117 pp., profusely illustrated. One of 1,000 copies. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Lisbon, Temas e Debates / Círculo de Leitores, 2018.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 347 pp., footnotes, list of abbreviations. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The preface occupies pp. 9-12. The editors provide an introduction on pp. 13-49, which gives a brief overview of the historical context and the content of each text collected in the volume. They emphasize that the sermons represented in the volume illustrate the way Padre António Vieira argues against the institution of slavery by using examples and arguments from the Bible and notions of human dignity: "Who is it that sustains you in Brazil if not your slaves? They give you your food, so why do you deny them the table that belongs to more than just you, but to you all" (from the Introdução, p. 41 [Sermão XXVII]). The sermons and other texts are selected from the 30-volume complete works of Padre António Vieira, published by Círculo de Leitores (2013-2014). The sermons include: Sermão XIV (pp.… Leer más

Lisbon, Typographia de José Baptista Morando, 1855.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Folio (27.5 x 18.5 cm), original pink illustrated wrappers (1.3 cm. split at fold). Large wood-engraving of a youth with lyre and laurel crown on front cover. Wood-engraving of a lyre and wreath on title page. Small wood-engraving of a putto with a garland on second leaf, recto. Small wood-engraving of a basket of flowers on third leaf, verso. Horizontal fold lines across center. In good to very good condition. (4 ll.) *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this poem on marriage. The fourth leaf has notes on the meaning. D. Joaquim Pedro Quintela, 1.º Conde de Farrobo (1801-1869) was a Portuguese aristocrat and businessman, the heir and successor of the great capitalist and landowner of the same name, D. Joaquim Pedro Quintela, 1.º Barão de Quintela. Farrobo was a noted philanthropist and patron of the arts. He amassed great wealth and influence owing to his intense activity in the world of industry and business. Even though… Leer más

Paredes de Coura, Câmara Municipal, Gabinete de Arqueologia de Património, 1992.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. N.º 1. Folio (27 x 20.5 cm.), original illustrated wrappers. As new. 78 pp., illustrations, maps & plans (4 folding). One of 1,000 copies. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Not to be confused with another work of almost the same title published in Covilhã, 1990.***

Lisbon, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, 1993–1994.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Numbers 1–4 (all published?).@ 8°, original printed wrappers. As new. (l l.), 131 pp., (3 ll.); 100; 111; 78 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Lisbon, Instituto de Investigação Cientifica Tropical / Ministério do Planeamento e da Administração do Território / Secretaria de Estado da Ciência e Tecnologia, 1994.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 169 pp., illustrations in text, 4 ll. color plates. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Lisbon, Empresa "Alma Nova", 1926.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original illustrated wrappers (slightly soiled and worn). Uncut. Light browning. In good to very good condition. Author's signed and dated seven-line presentation inscription on the second (half title) leaf recto: "Ao Martins Barata // ao seu belo talento // e sua boa amizade // off. // Luiz d'Oliveira Guimarães // [illeg.] // 1926". 104 pp., (1 l.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this collection of poems. Luis de Abreu Alarcão de Oliveira Guimarães (b. Espinhal, Penela, 1901), a lawyer and journalist, also wrote many pieces for the theater. His first literary work, a book of poems entitled Bonecas que amam, appeared in 1921.Provenance: inscribed to the painter Jaime Martins Barata (1899-1970), noted for his important work in watercolors. (See Pamplona Dicionário de pintores e escultores portugueses [1988] IV, 85-86).*** On the author, see Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, IV, 97-8; Grande enciclopédia XIX, 405;… Leer más

Lourenço Marques, Tipografia Minerva Central, 1955.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original illustrated wrappers (a few short tears, light soiling). Front wrapper illustration by the artist Anselmo Vieira. Partially unopened. Occasional light spotting. In good to very good condition. Author's 12-line dated ("4/4/57") presentation inscription on half-title to Dr. Feliciano Fernandes. 283, (1) pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this novel set in Moçambique. Rodrigues Júnior (Lisbon, 1902-Queluz, 1991), lived in Lourenço Marques from 1919 to 1976, when he returned to Portugal. His career in journalism began writing for the newspaper Emancipador, and as editor of the review Miragem, published in Lourenço Marques, 1930-1932. Eventually he produced some 50 volumes of fiction, essays, reporting, ethnography, and literary criticism.Provenance: Feliciano Fernandes (born Lisbon, 1900), was a publicist, lawyer, functionary of the Supremo Tribunal de Justiça, and journalist. See Grande enciclopédia, XI,… Leer más

Porto, Imprensa de Gandra Filhos, 1834.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, modern speckled calf with title and fillet in gilt on upper cover; smooth spine without markings (stitching broken between quires 3 and 4). Woodcut of two hands (signing?) on title page, below an elegant typographical rule. Some browning at edges of title page and final page, probably from the binding. In good to very good condition. Old blue-and-white bookseller's tag (Livraria Olisipo) on front pastedown. (1 l.), 38 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The author purports to publish (reluctantly) a story he told a friend about Bacharel J.M.C. Valente, who was in considerable distress because the Correio do Porto had published an account of ghosts appearing at the Convento da Serra. The ghosts were those of P. José Agostinho de Macedo and other supporters of D. Miguel. This work includes a 32-line poem (pp. 23-24) and three four-line poems (pp. 37-38) praising D. Maria II and D. Pedro.The Serra do Pilar is a steep hill overlooking… Leer más

Porto, The Author, 2003.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 70 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Paris, Librairie Agricole de la Maison Rustique, n.d. (ca. 1860).. 12°, contemporary purple quarter calf over marbled boards (some minor wear to corners), smooth spine (faded) with gilt fillets and lettering, marbled endleaves. Overall in very good condition. (2 ll.), 173 pp., (1 l.). *** Almanac for sharecroppers, telling what to plant and harvest month by month, plus maintenance of equipment and preparation for coming seasons. A dated edition appears also to have been published in Paris, 1860.*** Not located in NUC.

Lourenço Marques, Tipografia Litografia Globo, Lda., 1971-1972.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4 issues in 3. 4°, original illustrated self wrappers. Illustrations in text. Very good condition. Ink manuscript presentation inscriptions on versos of front covers: N.º 1: "A Salette Tavares // Homenagem // do Rui Knopfli // LM . 1972"; N.º 2: A Salette Tavares // Com a estima // do Rui Knopfli // LM . 1972"; N.ºs 3-4: A Salette Tavares // Com admiração e uma // expectativa de vêja entre esta // pagina // Homenagem do // Rui Knopfli // [in a different color ink] e // João P Grabato D. // 72". There is a 3-line ink manuscript annotation, possibly in the hand of Salette Tavares, in the upper blank margin of N.º 2, p. 35. 32; [33]-[68]; [69]-124 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION—A COMPLETE RUN of this important literary journal published in Lourenço Marques shortly prior to the end of the Portuguese colonial regime. Edited by Rui Knopfli and J.P. Grabato Dias, other collaborators included Jorge de Sena,… Leer más

Lisbon, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 1969.. First Edition in English. Large 4° (28.5 x 22.5 cm.), publisher's cloth. As new. 237 pp., (1, 2 blank ll.), profusely illus. in black & white & color. *** First Edition in English. Biography of the financier and distinguished art collector, whose outstanding collections of paintings, Egyptian antiquities, Greek coins, silver, jewelry, Persian carpets, sculptures by Rodin, and other artworks are now on display at the Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon. With many photos of notable pieces in the collection.***

Porto, Typographia Commercial Portuense, 1840.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, stitched. Overall in very good condition. 59 pp., (1 blank l.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION in this salvo in a dispute over inheritance. Oliveira e Silva offers 24 refutations of points made by João Ferreira Ribeiro Pinto Rangel Dias de Sampaio in his recent Breve exposição. Thirteen supporting documents are reprinted.Innocêncio records 2 subsequent works: Segunda parte da Calumnia desmascarada: refutação ao segundo folheto intitulado "Defeza de uma causa civel de annullação de testamento" ..., Porto, 1840; and Terceira parte da Calumnia desmascarada, allegação juridica na demanda em que contendem João Ferreira Ribeiro Pinto Rangel e Christovam Pinto Barreirso, contra Antonio José de Oliveira e Silva, Porto, 1841.*** Innocêncio VI, 187: also listing two related works, without attributed author. Not located in Porbase, which lists the Segunda parte and Tercera parte each in a single copy at the Biblioteca… Leer más

Lisbon, Na Typ. de Luiz Maigre Restier Junior, 1835.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, early plain blue-gray wrappers (one small round hole in front wrapper). In fine condition. Old rectangular paper tag with black border and printed guides to location with shelf marks added in pencil. 56 pp., 2 folding tables. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Pinto defends his administration as governor of the bishopric of Leiria in 1834. The supporting documents begin on p. 35. Pinto's opponent, Antonio Luiz de Seabra, future Visconde de Seabra and at the time a deputy in the Côrtes, is (says Pinto) eloquent and talented; "Tudo terá elle em seu favor, menos a verdade."João de Deus Antunes Pinto (Alvaro, 1803-Lisbon, 1864) was canon of the see of Lisbon Desembargador da Relação e Curia Patriarchal, and attorney for the Casa Real.*** Innocêncio III, 362; see also X, 238. Porbase locates four copies, all at the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Not located in Jisc. KVK (51 databases searched) locates only the copies… Leer más

Porto Alegre, Livraria do Globo, 1935.. FIRST EDITION. 8°, original printed wrappers (about half of each wrapper split; some other wear and foxing). Occasional light foxing. Newspaper review of the work from 1935 laid in. In good condition. Inscribed by Jorge de Lima to the Portuguese modernist poet Alberto de Serpa, 1935. 188 pp. *** FIRST EDITION of the author's third novel, one of his more important works, a novel of regional and social concerns.Jorge Mateus de Lima (1895-1953), a native of União dos Palmares (Alagoas), was a prominent Modernist poet and co-founder of the Northeastern school. He is "acclaimed as one of the most spontaneous natural poetic geniuses of Brazilian literature, [but] he is considered by some to be a perpetually dissatisfied poet in search of new worlds to conquer and never content with his own brilliant performance" (Stern pp. 176-77). In 1931 Lima moved to Rio de Janeiro and began teaching Brazilian literature. His earlier works included, in verse, the precocious… Leer más

Lisbon, Porto & Coimbra, Lumen, 1921.. First Edition. 8°, original printed wrappers (slightly soiled and with 2 small holes on spine). Title page printed in red and black. Finely printed on high quality paper. Minor stains. Overall in good to very good condition. 92 pp., (2 ll.). *** FIRST EDITION. The poet, diplomat and university professor Eugénio de Castro (Eugénio de Castro e Almeida, 1869-1944) introduced Symbolism to Portugal; as a young diplomat in Paris he came into contact with the great French symbolist poets, becoming a friend of Jean Moréas and Henri de Régnier. His influence can be seen even on such established Portuguese writers as Guerra Junqueiro, and he undoubtedly paved the way for Camilo Pessanha and Mário Sá Carneiro. Castro's verse ("often so perfect, always so artificial," says Bell, Portuguese Literature p. 337) signaled the return to poetry of careful thought and planning, as opposed to the inspired improvisation of the Romanticists, and led to the cult of "art for… Leer más

Lisbon, Porto & Coimbra, "Lvmen", Empresa International Editora, 1921.. First Edition. 8°, original printed wrappers (slight nick near head of spine; spine browned). Title page and following leaf printed in red and black. Uncut. In very good condition. Author's ink manuscript 6-line signed presentation inscription on initial blank leaf recto to Albino Forjaz de Sampaio. 92 pp., (2 ll.). *** FIRST EDITION of this book of poems. Nicely printed on high quality paper.The poet, diplomat and university professor Eugénio de Castro (Eugénio de Castro e Almeida, 1869-1944) introduced Symbolism to Portugal; as a young diplomat in Paris he came into contact with the great French symbolist poets, becoming a friend of Jean Moréas and Henri de Régnier. His influence can be seen even on such established Portuguese writers as Guerra Junqueiro, and he undoubtedly paved the way for Camilo Pessanha and Mário Sá Carneiro. Castro's verse ("often so perfect, always so artificial," says Bell, Portuguese… Leer más

Cascais, Câmara Municipal, 2002.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 222 pp., illustrations. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Awarded the Prémio do Mar Rei D. Carlos, 2000.***

Ponta Delgada, Tipographia da Rua das Artes, 68, 1849.. FIRST EDITION. 8°, contemporary quarter olive green morocco over marbled boards (wear at corners, edges of boards, head of spine; foot of spine slightly defective), romantic smooth spine gilt in romantic fashion, in three compartments, marbled endleaves. Two lithograph plates: portrait of Camões and Gruta de Camões in Macau, at beginning and end of volume, respectively. Small crude repair to blank portion of title page. Overall in good condition. Non-authorial presentation inscription dated June 15, 1851, on half title, from Carlos M.G. Machado to António Luiz Duarte. Small round printed light blue on dark blue ticket of Livraria Antiga e Moderna, Antiquaria de Caldas Cordeiro, Rua Nova do Almada, 16, Lisboa in upper outer corner of front pastedown endleaf. 300 [i.e. 298] pp., 2 plates, (1 blank. l.). *** FIRST EDITION. Innocêncio points out that the notes, which begin on p. 175 and continue to the end of the volume, treat important… Leer más