RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS
BULLETIN 55

February 2007 

PART III: 

Genealogy, Heraldry

 

See also items 4, 60, 65, 69, 71, 73, 75, 81, 85 & 87.

15. BROCARDO, Teresa, ed. Livro de Linhagens do Conde D. Pedro: edição do fragmento manuscrito da Biblioteca da Ajuda (século XIV). Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 2006. Colecção Filologia Portuguesa. Lge. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 148 pp., (1 l.), heavily annotated. One of 800 copies. ISBN: 972-27-1466-X. $28.00

 

16. MENDOÇA, D. Filipe Folque de. A Casa Loulé e suas alianças. Lisbon: Livraria Bizantina, 1995. Folio (29.7 x 21.1 cm.), orig. illus. wrps. 287, (1) pp., illus., genealogical tables in text, 4 ll. plates, printed on both sides. One of 500 copies, numbered and signed by the author [the first 50 numbers were "fora do mercado"]. ISBN: none. $150.00

 

17. MORAES, Cristóvão Alão de (1632-1693). Pedatura lusitana. Nova edição, reformulada. Preface by Alexandre António Pereira de Miranda Vasconcelos, António Augusto Ferreira da Cruz, and Eugénio Andréa da Cunha e Freitas. 6 volumes. Braga: Carvalhos de Basto, 1997-1998. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 694 pp., (1 l. colophon); 573 pp., (1 l. colophon); 525 pp., (1 l. colophon); 516 pp., (1 l. colophon, 1 blank l.); 416 pp., (1 l. colophon); 427 pp., (1 l. colophon, 1 blank l.). Uncut and unopened. One of 500 sets. ISBN: 972-9494-06-1 (the complete work); 972-9494-07-X (vol. I); 972-9494-08-8 (vol. II); 972-9494-09-6 (vol. III); 972-9494-10-X (vol. IV); 972-9494-12-6 (vol. V); 972-9494-11-8 (vol. VI). 6 volumes. $650.00

Classic work, first published Porto: Livraria Fernando Machado, 1943-1948. Each of the six volumes contains two tomos bound together, but the pagination is continuous. The author, who obtained a degree in civil law from Coimbra University, held numerous judicial and other official posts, was a member of the Academia dos Generosos, poet, and a highly regarded genealogist. He is said to have possessed a good library. See Grande enciclopédia, I, 711; also Barbosa Machado I, 567-9.

 

18. NORTON, Manuel Artur, Barão de São Roque. A heráldica em Portugal: raízes, simbologias e expressões histórico-culturais. Volumes I & II. Lisbon: DisLivro Histórica, 2004. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 646; 434 pp., 32 pp. full page color illus. in text. One of 600 copies. ISBN: 972-8604-85-8. Volumes I & II. $125.00

 

19. NORTON, Manuel Artur, Barão de São Roque. A heráldica em Portugal. Volume III. Lisbon: DisLivro Histórica, 2006. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 380 pp., color illus. in text. One of 300 copies. ISBN: 972-8876-81-5. Volume III. $75.00

Important work.

 

20. SA, Francisco Malafaya. A carta de brasão de armas de Mercê Nova de João António de Freitas Fortuna. Introduction by Artur Vaz-Osório da Nóbrega Porto: Livraria Esquina, 2004. Folio (29.5 x 21.15 cm.), orig. illus. wrps. 41 pp., illus., some illus. in color. One of 200 copies, numbered and signed by the author. ISBN: 972-97294-5-x. $50.00