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.