RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS
BULLETIN 53
August
2006
PART
XIII:
Education
See also
items 37, 51, 54, 72, 73, 83, 118, 209, 243, 255, 256 &
261.
125.
ANDRADE DE FIGUEIREDO, Manoel de. Nova escola
para aprender a ler, escrever, e contar . . .
Lisbon:
Livraria Sam Carlos, 1973. Folio (32.1 x 23.5 cm.), publ.
leatherette in slipcase. Frontis. portrait, (10 ll.), 156
pp., (1 l.), (1, 44 ll. plates). ISBN: none. $125.00
Facsimile
edition of the first Portuguese calligraphy manual and
Portugal's first exercise book, originally published in
1722. Its fame rests on the style of writing invented by
Andrade de Figueiredo, which was based on that of the
Spanish master Morante and became widely taught in
Portuguese schools during the reign of D. José I. The 44
plates illustrate various scripts and initial letters, many
with elaborate and beautiful arabesque borders
incorporating soldiers, birds, animals, etc. Andrade de
Figueiredo (ca. 1670-1735) was a native of Brazil, son of
the Governor of the Captaincy of Espirito Santo.
Regarding
the first edition, see: Borba de Moraes (1983) I,
311; Período
colonial pp.
136-8. Bibliotheca
boxeriana 15. Innocêncio
V, 355; VII, 88. Pinto de Mattos (1970) p. 29. Blake VI,
11. Barbosa Machado III, 177-8. Campos Ferreira Lima pp.
7-10. Rico y Sinobas p. 6. Vasconcelos, Arte
decorativa portuguesa II, 204.
Cotarelo y Mori, 100-1. Soares, História da
gravura artística em Portugal II, 426-7.
Soares & Campos Ferreira Lima, Diccionário
de iconografia portuguesa 1182.
Berlin
Catalogue 5246. Bonacini
66: calling the calligraphy magnificent. Brunet I, 264
and The
Universal Penman list the plates
only. Palha 484. Azevedo-Samodães 151.
126.
ARAUJO, Emília Rodrigues. O
doutoramento: a odisseia de uma fase de vida.
Lisbon: Colibri
, 2006. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 221 pp., (1 l.). ISBN:
972-772-595-3. $28.00