RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS BULLETIN 66

April 2009



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


See also items 31, 32, 33, 56, 63, 95 & 96.

1. AROUCA, João Frederico de Gusmão C[orrêa] (1908-1990). Bibliografia das obras impressas em Portugal no século XVII. [Volume I]: Letras A-C. Manuela D. Domingos, ed. Lisbon: Biblioteca Nacional, 2001. Colecções BN. Lge. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. xl, 799 pp., considerable illus. (most in color). One of 750 copies. ISBN: 972-565-302-9; 972-565-304-1 (complete work). $75.00
Important new reference work. A total of five volumes are planned. While pre-1601 printing in Portugal has been studied and described rather thoroughly, the seventeenth century is less well known by far. This first volume contains 1,571 entries in alphabetical order, each with a line by line transcription of the title page, collation by pages and leaves, details about preliminary and supplementary leaves, bibliographical citations, and Biblioteca Nacional call numbers for works held by that institution. When the title is not present in the Biblioteca Nacional, there are references to other libraries in Portugal which own a copy. There is a brief introduction by Fernanda Maria Guedes de Campos (pp. ix-xii), and an essay on the late author by Manuela D. Domingos (pp. xiii-xxxiv). The fifth and final volume will be comprised of indexes.


2. AROUCA, João Frederico de Gusmão C[orrêa] (1908-1990). Bibliografia das obras impressas em Portugal no século XVII. [Volume II]: Letras D-L. Manuela D. Domingos, ed. Lisbon: Biblioteca Nacional, 2003. Colecções BN. Lge. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 406 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.). One of 750 copies. ISBN: 972-565-360-2; 972-565-304-1 (complete work). $60.00
This second volume contains 1,155 entries in alphabetical order, each with a line by line transcription of the title page, collation by pages and leaves, details about preliminary and supplementary leaves, bibliographical citations, and Biblioteca Nacional call numbers for works held by that institution. When the title is not present in the Biblioteca Nacional, there are references to other libraries in Portugal which own a copy.


3. AROUCA, João Frederico de Gusmão C[orrêa] (1908-1990). Bibliografia das obras impressas em Portugal no século XVII. [Volume III]: Letras M-R. Manuela D. Domingos, ed. Lisbon: Biblioteca Nacional, 2005. Colecções BN. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 631 pp. ISBN: 972-565-386-6; 972-565-304-1 (complete work). $75.00
This third volume contains 1,635 entries in alphabetical order, each with a line by line transcription of the title page, collation by pages and leaves, details about preliminary and supplementary leaves, bibliographical citations, and Biblioteca Nacional call numbers for works held by that institution. When the title is not present in the Biblioteca Nacional, there are references to other libraries in Portugal which own a copy.


4. CADAFAZ DE MATOS, Manuel. 129 Trabalhos científicos de um grande investigador, José Vitorino de Pina Martins. Catálogo de exposição bibliográfica. Catalogação, prefácio e descrição iconográfica por . . . Lisbon: Biblioteca Nacional, 1998. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 79 pp. ISBN: 972-565-249-5. $10.00


5. CID, Isabel. Incunábulos e seus possuidores: análise da colecção de incunábulos da Biblioteca de Évora. Lisbon: INIC, 1988. Biblioteca Euphrosyne, 3. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 105 pp. One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: none. $20.00


6. CID, Isabel. Macau e o Oriente na Biblioteca Pública e Arquivo Distrital de Évora (séculos XVI a XIX). Macau: Instituto Cultural; Lisbon: Arquivos Nacionais / Torre do Tombo; Évora: Biblioteca Pública e Arquivo Distrital de Évora, 1996. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 113 pp., illus. (some illus. in color). ISBN: 972-35-0245-3 (ICM); 972-8107-41-2 (AN/TT); 972-97092-0-3 (BPADE). $25.00


7. DIAS, João Carvalho, Carla Paulino and Madalena Martins, eds. From Paris to Tokyo: Art of the Book in the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection. Richard Trewinnard, trans. Lisbon: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2006. Folio (28 x 23.2 cm.), orig. illus. wrps. 243 pp., profusely illus. with exquisite color photographs. One of 500 copies. ISBN: 978-972-8848-22-4. $70.00
Sumptuous catalogue for a sumptuous exhibition held at the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, 19 July to 8 October 2006. Texts by Manuela Fidalgo and Maria Queiroz Ribeiro.


8. DIAS, João José Alves. Craesbeeck. Uma dinastia de impressores em Portugal. Elementos para o seu estudo. Lisbon: Associação Portuguesa de Livreiros Alfarrabistas, 1996. 4° (21 x 23.1 cm.), orig. prtd. wrps. xx, 102 pp., (3 ll.), profusely illus. with facs. of title pages. ISBN: 972-96083-3-4. $25.00
Nicely produced catalogue, designed by Manuel Rodrigues Pereira da Silva, of an interesting exhibition held at the Museu da Electricidade, Lisbon. Each of the 100 volumes exhibited is meticulously catalogued. The author of the excellent introductory matter is presently working on a more elaborate study of the Craesbeecks, who printed and published books in Portugal from the late sixteenth to the late seventeenth century. The founder of the dynasty in Portugal, Pedro Crasebeeck, or Pieter van Craesbeeck (ca. 1572-1632), had apprenticed with Plantin in Antwerp.


9. DIAS, João José Alves. Iniciação à bibliofilia. Lisbon: Pro-Associação Portuguesa de Alfarrabistas, 1994. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 78 pp., (1 l.), illus. ISBN: 972-96083-1-8. $15.00
Solid, useful manual, which unfortunately gives a bit too much credence to some ideas of doubtful efficacy, such as, for example "um bom livro precisa, quando doente, de um bom médico"; on the contrary, we advise the beginning bibliophile to avoid books with fungus, extensive worming, etc. From a typographical standpoint, this work, designed by Manuel Rodrigues Pereira da Silva, is one of the most delicious volumes to be printed in Portugal in many a year.


10. LISBON, Academia das Ciências. Livros quinhentistas portugueses da Biblioteca da Academia da Ciências de Lisboa. Lisbon: Academia das Ciências, 1990. Lge. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. lx, 172 pp., (2 ll.), 1 color plate, 32 ll. plates printed on both sides. ISBN: none. $55.00
Catalogue of 194 sixteenth-century books, printed in Portugal and works by Portuguese authors printed abroad, with collation, bibliography, and comments on other editions. The indexes are by author, by title (with a separate listing of anonymous and legal works), by printer or publisher, by place of printing and by date.


11. MACHADO, José Pedro. Dicionário onomástico etimológico da língua portuguesa. 3rd ed. 3 volumes. Lisbon: Horizonte, 2003. Lge. 8°, publ. gilt-stamped buckram. 525; [531]-1036; [1043]-1503 pp. Main text in two columns. ISBN: complete work: 972-24-0842-9; vol. I: 972-24-0843-7; vol. II: 972-24-0844-5; vol. III: 972-24-0845-3. 3 volumes. $120.00

12. MENDES, Maria Valentina C.A. Sul, ed. Os incunábulos das bibliotecas portuguesas. 2 volumes. Lisbon: Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro, 1995 [i.e. 1997?]. Inventário do Património Cultural Móvel, Bibliotecas. Folio (30 x 23 cm.), orig. illus. wrps. 519 pp. 103 full–page color illus. in text; 214 pp., (1 l.). Printed in red and black thoughout. ISBN: 972–565–214–2. 2 volumes. $100.00
Includes 1,886 different incunabula from 38 Portuguese libraries, listed by author (with numerous cross-references), many in multiple copies. Format, a simple collation listing the number of pages or leaves, and standard bibliographical references are given. Volume I contains the actual catalogue, including introductory material; volume II contains indexes to secondary authors, languages, places of printing, printers, booksellers, titles, locations, and illustrations. Concordances are provided to Hain, Copinger, Reichling, Gesamtkatalog, Pellechet, Polain, Indice generale degli incunabuli delle biblioteche d'Italia, Goff, Catálogo general de incunables en bibliotecas españolas, Haebler, Bibliografia geral portuguesa, and Artur Anselmo, Origens da imprensa em Portugal.


13. MOREIRA DE SÁ, Artur, ed. Índices dos livros proibidos em Portugal no século XVI. Lisbon: INIC, 1983. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 849, (5) pp. ISBN: none. $50.00
The valuable introductory study and documents occupy the first 151 pp. Except for the five unnumbered pages at the end containing a table of contents, the rest of the volume consists of facsimile reproductions of eight different and varied editions printed in Portugal during the second half of the sixteenth century of lists of prohibited books. All of the originals are rare, and some are almost impossible to obtain for any price.


14. NASCIMENTO, Aires Augusto, and António Dias Diogo. Encadernação portuguesa medieval: Alcobaça. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 1984. Temas Portugueses. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 104 pp. (including 11 pp. of photo plates), (4 ll.), numerous diagrams of board attachments in text. ISBN: none. $35.00
Important study of the bindings produced in the middle ages at the monastery of Alcobaça, a center of learning in medieval Portugal. Alcobaça contained one of the most important libraries in the country. Manuscripts were produced there, including some important illuminated ones. The volume includes a very useful glossary of Portuguese bookbinding terms. Now out-of-print. We have several copies in stock.


15. [PESSOA, Fernando]. Fotobibliografia de Fernando Pessoa. Organização, introdução e notas de João Rui de Sousa. Prefácio de Eduardo Lourenço. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional / Biblioteca Nacional, 1988. Lge. 4° (24.5 x 21.2 cm.), orig. illus. wrps. 319 pp., profusely illus. (some illus. in color). ISBN: none. $125.00
Out-of-print. We have one copy in stock.


16. PINHEIRO, J.[osé] E.[duardo] Moreirinhas. Inventário de livros raros e desconhecidos: memória da Escola Portuguesa (do séc. XVIII ao séc. XX). Lisbon: Colibri / Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, 2009. Colecção Caminhos do Conhecimento, 16. Lge. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. with d.j. 125 pp., (1 l.), illus. ISBN: 978-972-772-837-4. $20.00


17. PINNIGER, David. Controlo de pragas em museus, arquivos e casas históricas. Annette Townsend, illus. Translated from the English by Cristina Proença. Lisbon: Biblioteca Nacional, 2008. Colecção Publicações Técnicas. Preservação e Conservação, 6. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 159 pp., illus., footnotes, bibliography. ISBN: 978-972-565-388-3. $30.00
Chapter 6, on rodents and birds, was written by Adrian Meyer.


18. PORTUGAL, Biblioteca Nacional. António Feliciano de Castilho, 1800-2000. Exposição temporária, 26 de Janeiro - 17 de Março. Lisbon: Biblioteca Nacional, 2000. Folio (29.7 x 21 cm.), orig. illus. wrps. 42 pp., (1 l.), illus. ISBN: none. $8.00


19. PORTUGAL, Biblioteca Nacional. Catálogo de incunábulos. Introdução, organização e indices por Maria Valentina C.A. Sul Mendes. Lisbon: Biblioteca Nacional, 1988. 8°, publ. leatherette. 442 pp., 16 plates (incl. 2 in color), errata slip tipped in. One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: none. $35.00
Catalogue of 1,359 incunabula at the Biblioteca Nacional, with collations, comments on condition, and bibliographical references. The collection includes works in German, Spanish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, and Portuguese. There are indexes of "autores secundários" (translators, adapters, compilers, etc.), of places of printing, printers, publishers and booksellers, and of ownership marks and autograph signatures, as well as a concordance with the Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, Hain, Copinger, Reichling, Haebler, the Bibliografia geral portuguesa, and Anselmo.


20. PORTUGAL, Biblioteca Nacional. Padre António Vieira, 1608–1697, bibliografia. José Pedro Paiva, ed. Lisbon: Biblioteca Nacional, 1999. Bibliografias. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 500 pp., (1 l.), illus. ISBN: 972-565-268-1. $45.00
Important new publication. Especially valuable for providing extremely thorough information on the various counterfeit editions of the volumes of the collected sermons. Cites over 2,250 books and manuscripts. Several useful indices.


21. PORTUGAL, Biblioteca Nacional. No quinto centenário da Vita Christi: os primeiros impressores alemães em Portugal. Lisbon: Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro, 1995. Catálogo, 50. Folio (29.8 x 20.4 cm.), orig. illus. wrps. 138 pp., (1 l.), profusely illus., 1 folding plate. One of 500 copies. ISBN: 972-565-213-4. $30.00
Excellent catalogue of an excellent exhibition. Contains a brief introductory essay by A.H. de Oliveira Marques, "Alemães e impressores Alemães no Portugal de finais do século XV," followed by Alves Dias, "Os primeiros alemães em Portugal" (pp. 15–27). Manuela Rêgo, Rosa Lemos, Ana Maria Almeida Martins, Manuel Alves and Maria do Amparo Bispo also assisted in the catalogue and exhibition. The catalogue and exhibition prominently feature the "Fragmentos Richard C. Ramer."


22. PORTUGAL, Biblioteca Nacional. A Utopia I de Thomas More e o humanismo utópico 1485-1998. Catálogo de uma síntese biblio-iconográfica. Lisbon: Biblioteca Nacional, 1998. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 168 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-565-250-9. $20.00


23. RAFAEL, Gina, and Luís Farinha Franco, eds. D. Francisco Manuel de Melo, 1608-1666. Lisbon: Biblioteca Nacional, 2008. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 72 pp., (1 l.)., illus. One of 750 copies. ISBN: 978-972-565-436-1. $15.00


24. RUGGIERI, Michele (1543-1607), and Matteo Ricci (1552-1610). Dicionário Português-Chinês. / Title in Chinese. / Portuguese-Chinese Dictionary. John W. Witek, S.J., ed. Lisbon: Biblioteca Nacional / Instituto Português do Oriente, 2001. Documenta, 3. Folio (27.5 x 22 cm.), publ. illus. bds. 535 pp., illus. in color, printed in red and black. Text in Portuguese, Chinese, and English. One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 972-565-298-3 (BNL); 972-8013-57-4 (IPOR). $90.00
Collected in the late sixteenth century, this dictionary introduces for the first time (according to the publishers), the "Romanization" (i.e., the transliteration into the Roman alphabet), of the Chinese language spoken in the final years of the Ming period. The present work, with substantial commentary and critical apparatus, no doubt constitutes a milestone in the development of Chinese studies.


25. SOUSA, Fernando (Alberto Pereira de), ed. Dicionário de relações internacionais. 2nd ed., revised and augmented. Porto: Afrontamento / CEPESE–Centro de Estudos da População, Economia e Sociedade, 2008. Colecção Dicionários, 3. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. (7 ll.), 273 pp., main text in double columns. ISBN: 978-972-36-0981-3 (Afrontamento); 978-989-95922-2-3 (CEPESE). $35.00
First published 2005.


26. SUL MENDES, Maria Valentina C.A., Manuela D. Domingos, Maria da Graça Garcia, et al. Do Terreiro do Paço ao Campo Grande: 200 anos da Biblioteca Nacional: exposição. Lisbon: Biblioteca Nacional, 1997. Catálogo, 51. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 171, (1) pp., (3 ll.), well illustrated, mostly in color. One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 972–565–241–X. $30.00
An English-language summary (rather stilted) occupies pages 137 to 149.


27. Universal Dicionário [de] sinónimos e antónimos [da] língua portuguesa. Sílvia Sacadora, ed. First edition, 4th printing. Lisbon: Texto Editores, 2006. Lge. 8°, publ. bds. with d.j. (4 ll.), 1,049 pp. ISBN: 978-972-47-2844-5. $75.00
Lists 95,320 words, with more than 450,000 synonyms and about 15,800 antonyms. Includes Brazilian, Lusophone Africa, as well as continental Portuguese vocabulary, as well as "estrangeirismos" such as "briefing" and "download", with Portuguese synonyms indicating current usage.


28. VILARES CEPEDA, Isabel, and Teresa A.S. Duarte Ferreira, eds. Inventário dos códices iluminados até 1500. Volume 1: Distrito de Lisboa. Lisbon: Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro / Secretário de Estado da Cultura, 1994. Inventário do Património Cultural Móvel, Bibliotecas. Folio (30 x 23 cm.), orig. illus. wrps. 351 pp., profusely illus. in color. ISBN: 972–565–192–8 (this volume); 972-565-308-4 (complete work). $75.00
Lists 497 illuminated manuscripts of the fifteenth century and earlier in libraries in the Lisbon area. Each manuscript is described briefly: content, origin if known, date, collation, size, language, style of script, illumination, binding, and provenance. A portion of each manuscript is nicely reproduced in color—usually an initial or miniature, with some text—and herein lies the volume's worth: to those studying scripts and illumination, a detailed physical description is no substitute for actually seeing a bit of the manuscript. Includes indexes of principal and secondary authors, titles, dates, copyists, illuminators, languages, and provenances.


29. VILARES CEPEDA, Isabel, and Teresa A.S. Duarte Ferreira, eds. Inventário dos códices iluminados até 1500. Volume 2 (last published to date): Distrito de Aveiro, Beja, Braga, Bragança, Coimbra, Évora, Leiria, Portalegre, Porto, Setúbal, Viana do Castelo e Viseu; Apêndice: Distrito de Lisboa. Lisbon: Biblioteca Nacional / Ministério da Cultura, 2001 [i.e. 2002?]. Inventário do Património Cultural [Móvel, Bibliotecas?]. Folio (30 x 23 cm.), orig. illus. wrps. 279 pp., profusely illus. in color. ISBN: 972–565–309–2 (this volume); 972-565-308-4 (complete work). $75.00
Lists 543 illuminated manuscripts of the fifteenth century and earlier in libraries in the areas mentioned in the title. Includes indexes of author and titles, dates, copyists, illuminators, binders, languages, and provenance.


30. VITERBO, Francisco Marques de Sousa. Dicionário histórico e documental dos arquitectos, engenheiros, e construtores portugueses … Preface by Pedro Dias. 3 volumes. (Lisbon): Imprensa Nacional, 1988. Lge. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. with d.j. 27 pp., (2 ll.), xiv pp., (1 l.), 584 pp., (4 ll.); (3 ll.), xxii pp., (1 l.), 547 pp., (3 ll.); (6 ll.), 491 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: none. 3 volumes. $250.00
Facsimile of the original 1899-1922 edition. This facsimile edition is now out-of-print. We have one set in stock.


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