RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS BULLETIN 64

November 2008

PART I:
Bibliography, Books about Books, Dictionaries,
General Reference


See also items 5, 6, 10, 11, 14, 15, 37, 41, 57, 60, 75, 104, 108, 110, 132, 142, 145, 168, 218, 219, 221, 228, 229 & 230.

1. ALBUQUERQUE, Luís de, and Francisco Contente Domingues, eds. Dicionário de história dos descobrimentos portugueses. 2 volumes. Lisbon: Caminho, 1994. Lge. 8°, publ. gilt–stamped buckram with d.j. 574 pp., (1 blank l.); pp. [577]–1120, illus. Text in 2 columns, indices. ISBN: 972-21-0924-3; 972-21-0925-1. 2 volumes $150.00
Basic reference work, with substantial articles ranging from Aben Ragel to Gomes Eanes de Zurara, most with bibliographical notes and many with illustrations and tables. The editors have written a significant number of articles. Other contributors include António Augusto Marques de Almeida, Alfredo Pinheiro Marques, Angela Domingues, António Dias Farinha, Carmen Radulet, Jorge Couto, José António Rodrigues Pereira, Inácio Guerreiro, Luís Filipe Barreto, Luís Filipe Thomaz, Max Justo Guedes, Maria Manuel Torrão, Maria Teresa Amado, Sanjay Subrahmanian, Vítor Rodrigues, and Yoro Fall. There are indices of contributors and entries at the end of each volume, as well as an “Índice de artigos e remissivo” occupying the final 16 pages of volume II.


2. COUTO, Jorge, ed. A América Portuguesa nas colecções da Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal e da Biblioteca da Ajuda. Lisbon: Biblioteca Nacional, 2008. Colecção Catálogos. 4° (21.5 x 19.45 cm.), orig. illus. wrps. 95 pp., profusely illus. in color. ISBN: 978-972-565-433-0. $35.00
Excellent exhibition of many of the “high spots” for Brazilian colonial history and literature.


3. MILHANO, Deolinda. Dicionário de ditados (provérbios) e frases feitas. Preface by João Ribeirinho Leal. Lisbon: Colibri, 2008. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 377 pp., (1 l.), main text in two columns. ISBN: 978-972-772-813-8. $40.00



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