RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS BULLETIN 40
February 2004
 
PART I:
Bibliography, Books about Books, Dictionaries,
General Reference

 
See also items 24, 51, 59, 78, 125, 154, 162, and 262.
1. Anuário da decoração, arquitectura, interiores e design. Lisbon: Estar, 1995. Folio (29.7 x 21.1 cm.), orig. illus. wrps. 244 pp., (2 ll.), profusely illus. in color. ISBN: 972-8095-14-7; ISSN 0872-1432. $80.00
 
2. Anuário de Antiguidades e restauro, 1996. Lisbon: Estar, 1996. Folio (29.7 x 21.1 cm.), orig. illus. wrps. 126 pp., (1 l.), profusely illus. in color. ISBN: 972-8095-11-2; ISSN: 0873-4089. $50.00
 
3. CABRAL, Alexandre. Dicionário de Camilo Castelo Branco. 2nd ed., revised and augmented. Lisbon: Caminho, 2003. Sm. folio (25.4 x 18.2 cm.), publ. buckram with d.j. 837 pp., ample illus. ISBN: 972-21-0392-X. $80.00
Extremely useful reference work. Originally published in 1989 in similar format but with only 673 pages.
 
4. Enciclopédia Verbo luso-brasileira de cultura. Edição século XXI. 29 volumes. Lisbon: Verbo, 1998-2003. Lge. 8° (26 x 18 cm.), publ. gilt- and white-stamped buckram. xxi pp., 1,414 cols., (1 l.); xx pp., 1,420 cols., (1 l.); xx pp., 1,414 cols., (1 p.); xx pp., 1,414 cols., (1 p.); xx pp., 1,430 cols., (1 p.); xx pp., 1,414 cols., (1 p.); xx pp., 1,414 cols., (1 p.); xx pp., 1,414 cols., (1 p); xx pp., 1,414 cols., (1 p.); xx pp., 1,410 cols., (1 p.); xix pp., 1,406 cols., (1 p); xx pp., 1,414 cols., (1 p.).; xx pp., 1,414 cols., (1 p.); xx pp., 1,414 cols., (1 p.); xix pp., 1,414 cols., (1 p.); xix pp., 1,414 cols., (1 p.). 2 cols. per page; xx pp., 1,414 cols., (1 p.); xx pp., 1,414 cols., (1 p.); xx pp., 1,414 cols., (1 p.); xx pp., 1,414 cols., (1 p.); xx pp., 1,414 cols., (1 p.); xx pp., 1,414 cols., (1 p.); xix pp., 1,414 cols., (1 p.); xx pp., 1,412 cols., (1 l.); xx pp., 1,414 cols., (1 p.); xix pp., 1,378 cols., (1 l.); xix pp., 1,382 cols., (1 l.); xix pp., 1,410 cols., (1 p., 1 l.); xix pp., 1,332 cols., (43 ll.). Main text with 2 cols. per page. Decent quality illus. (about half illus. in color). ISBN: 972-22-1850-6 (complete work); vol. I: 972-22-1851-4; vol. II: 972-22-1864-6; vol. III: 972-22-1866-2; vol. IV: 972-22-1872-7; vol. V: 972-22-1880-8; vol. VI: 972-22-1900-6; vol. VII: 972-22-1918-9; vol. VIII: 972-22-1926-X; vol. IX: 972-22-1942-1; vol. X: 972-22-1954-5; vol. XI: 972-22-1963-4; vol. XII: 972-22-1969-3; vol. XIII: 972-22-1976-6; vol. XIV: 972-22-1987-1; vol. XV: 972-22-1994-4; vol. XVI: 972-22-2003-9; vol. XVII: 972-22-2023-3; vol. XVIII: 972-22-2037-3; vol. XIX: 972-22-2055-1; vol. XX: 972-22-2078-0; vol. XXI: 972-22-2092-6; vol. XXII: 972-22-2092-6 [sic]; vol. XXIII: 972-22-2129-9; vol. XXIV: 972-22-2153-1; vol. XXV: 972-22-2170-1; vol. XXVI: 972-22-2184-1; vol. XXVII: 972-22-2225-2; vol. XXVIII: 972-22-2246-5; vol. XXIX: 972-22-2225-2. 29 volumes. $3,200.00
A substantially revised edition of one of the two major Portuguese-language encyclopedias; this is the only major Portuguese-language encyclopedia which is up-to-date. It is now complete in 29 volumes; the 29th volume includes a brief "Aditamento" as well as a useful 84-page index of contributors, in triple columns. Probably for commercial reasons, the later volumes are a bit less exhaustive in their coverage, with the work coming to a screeching halt with volume 29 covering the letters Valóni-Zyl; by comparison, the Grande enciclopedia portuguesa e brasileira took more than three volumes to cover the same territory. The original version of the present work, Verbo-Enciclopédia Luso-Brasileira de Cultura, consisted of 18 volumes published between 1963 and 1976. Three supplementary volumes were published in 1991. Each volume of the present version consists of over 700 pages (with the exception of volume 26, which has exactly 700 pages, including the preliminary and supplementary leaves), with the main body of text in double columns. To our taste there is too much information not specific to Portugal or other Portuguese-speaking countries easily found in English-language reference works as well as in other non-Portuguese references; nevertheless, this is an indispensable reference tool, especially important for its treatment of Portuguese literature, art, and other cultural developments of recent years. Contributors include many of the best Portuguese authorities. The general editor is João Bigotte Chorão.
 
5. FARINHA FRANCO, Luís, and Luís Bigotte Chorão. Periodismo jurídico português do século XIX, uma aproximação. Mostra bibliográfica, 6 de Fevereiro - 17 de Abril. Lisbon: Biblioteca Nacional, 2003. Sm. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 33, (1) pp., (1 l., 1 blank l., 1 l.), illus. One of 500 copies. ISBN: 972-565-348-3. $12.00
 
6. GUSMÃO C[orrêa] AROUCA, João Frederico de (1908-1990). Bibliografia das obras impressas em Portugal no século XVII. [Volume I]: Letras A-C. Lisbon: Biblioteca Nacional, 2001. Colecções BN. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. xl, 799 pp., considerable illus. (most in color). One of 750 copies. ISBN: 972-565-302-9. $50.00
Important new reference work. A total of five volumes are planned. While pre-1601 printing in Portugal has been studied and described rather thoroughly, the seventeenth century is less well known, by far. This first volume contains 799 entires in alphabetical order, each with a line by line transcription of the title page, collation by pages and leaves, details about preliminary and supplementary leaves, bibliographical citations, and Biblioteca Nacional call numbers. There is a brief introduction by Fernanda Maria Guedes de Campos (pp. ix-xii), and an essay on the late author by Manuela D. Domingos (pp. xiii-xxxiv). The fifth and final volume will be comprised of indexes.
 
7. GUSMÃO C[orrêa] AROUCA, João Frederico de (1908-1990). Bibliografia das obras impressas em Portugal no século XVII. [Volume II]: Letras D-L. Manuela D. Domingos, ed. Lisbon: Biblioteca Nacional, 2003. Colecções BN. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 406 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.). One of 750 copies. ISBN: 972-565-360-2. This second volume contains 400 entries. $40.00
 
8. LOPES, Fátima, and Almerinda Graça. Espólio de João Ameal: roteiro. Lisbon: Biblioteca Nacional, 2003. Sm. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 46 pp., (1 l.), illus. One of 350 copies. ISBN: 972-565-361-0. $15.00
 
9. MARINHO, Maria José. Espólio Ramalho Ortigão (Esp. E19): inventário. Lisbon: Presidência do Conselho de Ministros, Secretaria de Estado da Cultura / Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro, 1994. Fundos da Biblioteca Nacional, Espólios, 1. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 85 pp., illus. One of 500 copies. ISBN: 972-565-195-2. $20.00
 
10. OLIVEIRA MARQUES, A.H. de and João José Alves Dias. Atlas histórico de Portugal e do Ultramar Português. Lisbon: Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Centro de Estudos Históricos / Ministério da Ciência e do Ensino Superior, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, 2003. Folio (30.5 x 21.8 cm.), publ. illus. bds. with d.j. 604 pp., (26 ll. indexes), profusely illus. with maps in color. ISBN: none. $120.00
 
11. PINA MARTINS, José V. de. Vinte e dois livros antigos de espiritualidade (1502-1592): Mostra bibliográfica comemorativa do quinto centenário do Tratado de Confissom (Chaves, 8 de Agosto de 1489). Chaves: Câmara Municipal, 1989. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 93 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: none. $20.00
This exhibition catalogue is illustrated with numerous facsimiles of title pages; it includes collations and interesting notes.
 
12. PIRES, Daniel. Dicionário da imprensa periódica literária portuguesa do século XX. Vol. I: (1900-1940). Lisbon: Grifo, 1996. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 459 pp., (1 l.), 16 ll. color plates, most printed on both sides. ISBN: 972-8178-08-5. Vol. I: (1900-1940). $60.00
Important and extremely useful work by a world-class researcher. Revised, amplified, and improved version, to the year 1940, of the author's ground-breaking Dicionário das revistas literárias portuguesas do Século XX (1986).
 
13. PIRES, Daniel. Dicionário da imprensa periódica literária portuguesa do século XX. Vol. II (1941-1974), tomo 1. Lisbon: Grifo, 1999. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 385, (1) pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 8 ll. color illus. ISBN: 972-8178-48-4. Vol. II (1941-1974), tomo 1. $45.00
Revised, amplified and improved version, for the years 1941 to 1974, covering the letters A through P.
 
14. PIRES, Daniel. Dicionário da imprensa periódica literária portuguesa do século XX. Vol. II (1941-1974), tomo 2. Lisbon: Grifo, 2000. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. (1 blank l., 3 ll.), pp. 401-780, (2 ll.), 4 ll. color illus. ISBN: 972-8178-49-2. Vol. II (1941-1974), tomo 2. $50.00
Covers the letters Q through Z This is the final volume, with several valuable aids appended: "Tábua diacrónica das publicações descritas" (pp. 653-6); "Indice geográfico" (pp. 657-60); "Bibliografia geral" (pp. 661-8); "Bibliografia sobre a censura em Portugal (1900-1974)" (pp. 667-92); and the "Indice antroponímico" (pp. 693-[781]).
 
15. SANTOS ALVES, Manuel dos. Dicionário de Camões. Lisbon: Universitária, 1994. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 347 pp. ISBN: 972-700-016-9. $35.00
 
16. TAVARES DA SILVA, Maria Regina. A mulher: bibliografia portuguesa anotada (monografias, 1518-1998). Lisbon: Cosmos, 1999. Bibliografias, 4. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 371 pp., 6 ll. plates (blank & white printed in color), printed on both sides. ISBN: 972-762-167-8. $50.00
Preface by Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo.