RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS BULLETIN 62

July 2008


PART XXVII:
Horses, Equitation


375. RAPOSO CORDEIRO, Arsénio, Ruy d'Andrade, Alfredo Baptista Coelho, et al. Cavalo lusitano: o filho do vento. Lisbon: INAPA, 1989. Lge. 4°, publ. cloth with d.j., profusely and very nicely illus. in color. (4 ll.), 231 pp. ISBN: 972-9019-16-9. $200.00
FIRST EDITION. In addition to being a lovely book, the text is well written and important. Sections include "O Cavalo Lusitano," "Novilheiro," "Padrão da Raça Lusitana," and "O Cavalo de Sorraia" (all by Cordeiro), "O Cavalo de Sorraia" (by Andrade), and "Os Cavalos da Lusitânia," "O Cavalo de Lusitania dos Antigos," "Hegemonia do Pais Atlantico," and "Atlântida" (all by Coelho). Fernando d'Andrade contributed "O Nascimento da Costa Atlantida da Peninsula Iberica," and Guilherme Borba "A Escola Portuguesa de Arte Equestre." Chapter 4, with the essays on "Os Cavalos da Lusitânia," "O Cavalo de Lusitania dos Antigos," "Hegemonia do Pais Atlantico," and "Atlantida," all by Alfredo Baptista Coelho, was suppressed in all subsequent editions.





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