RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS
BULLETIN 48
September
2005
PART
V:
Photography
See also
items 50, 63, 67, 79, 83, 94, 95, 197, 308 & 312.
52.
COTRIM, João Paulo. Rafael
Bordalo Pinheiro: fotobiografia. Lisbon: Assírio
& Alvim / El Corte Inglês / Câmara Municipal / Museu
Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, 2005. Folio (29.6 x 23.5 cm.),
publ. illus. bds. 236 pp., (1 l.), profusely and nicely
illus., much illus. in color. ISBN: 972-37-1032-3 (Assírio
& Alvim); 972-8403-22-4 (Museu Rafael Bordalo
Pinheiro). $68.00
Bordalo
Pinheiro (1836-1905) was, if not her greatest, one of
Portugal's greatest caricaturists, and one of the best of
any nation ever. See Pamplona, Dicionário
de pintores e escultores portugueses [1987-88]
I,
223-27.
53.
SILVA PASSOS, José Manuel da. O bilhete
postal ilustrado e a história urbana de Grande Lisboa. /
The Illustrated Postcard and the Urban History of Lisbon
Metropolitan Area. Lisbon:
Caminho, 1997. Memória da Cidade. Folio (31 x 24 cm.),
publ. buckram with d.j. 215 pp., profusely illus. Text in
Portuguese and English. ISBN: 972-21-1149-3. $100.00
A
pioneering work that without doubt will remain a standard
in its field. While only some of the illustrations are in
color, all were produced using color transparencies. The
English text is comprehensible, though occasionally
slightly stilted. Four earlier volumes have appeared in
this collection, all in similar format, by the same author.
In 1990: O bilhete
postal ilustrado e a história urbana de
Lisboa. / The
Illustrated Postcard and the Urban History of Lisbon;
1994: O bilhete
postal ilustrado e a história urbana do
Porto. / The
Illustrated Postcard and the Urban History of Oporto;
1995: O bilhete
postal ilustrado e a história urbana do
Algarve. / The
Illustrated Postcard and the Urban History of Algarve;
1996: O bilhete
postal ilustrado e a história urbana de
Braga. / The
Illustrated Postcard and the Urban History of Braga. They
are available for $100.00 each.
The complete set of 5 volumes can be purchased for
$450.00.