1993, ISBN: 9788571643345

Lisbon, Imprensa de Lucas, 1853.. 4 works in 1 volume. 8°, contemporary quarter red straight-grained morocco over embossed paper boards (minor wear, mainly to corners), smooth spine gilt… mais…

Lisbon, Imprensa de Lucas, 1853.. 4 works in 1 volume. 8°, contemporary quarter red straight-grained morocco over embossed paper boards (minor wear, mainly to corners), smooth spine gilt, printed paper endleaves. Wood-engraved vignette on title page. Wood-engraved head- and tailpieces. In very good condition. Initials "T.M." in gilt near foot of spine. A few contemporary ink corrections and marks of emphasis. Author's authentication signature at foot of p. 48. (2 ll.), [7]-48 pp. Despite the initial quire being of only 7 leaves, the work appears to be complete. *** Manoel Nunes Godinho (Ceres, Tomar, 1816-after 1863), who taught calligraphy, received the title of "Calligrapho da Casa Real". He was founder and director of the Gymnasio-Godinho, a Lisbon secondary school. *** This edition not in Innocêncio; for the first and third editions, see VI, 71; XVI, 278. No edition located in Porbase. No edition located in Copac. No edition located in KVK (51 databases searched). *** BOUND WITH:  CORVO, João de Andrade. Botanica elementar, escrita para uso dos alumnos da introducção á historia natural. Lisbon: EditorS.J. Ribeiro de Sá, Typographia da Revista Universal Lisbonense, 1850. 8º, 90 pp. In good to very good condition. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The author, a native of Torres Novas (1824-1890), teacher, physician, engineer, farmer, and naturalist, was a member of the Portuguese legislature. At various times from June 1866 to June 1879 Andrade Corvo was Foreign Minister, Minister of Public Works, Minister of the Navy and Overseas Territories, and Minister of War. He wrote an historical novel, Um Ano na Corte, published in 4 volumes, 1850-1851, set when D. Afonso VI was deposed. He founded and edited the newspaper A Época (1848-1849) together with Rebelo da Silva, and contributed to the Revista Universal Lisbonense (1841-1859) and the Revista Contemporânea de Portugal e Brasil (1859-1865).* Innocêncio X, 149 (calling for 91 pp.). Not located in OCLC. Porbase locates a single copy, in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Not located in Copac. KVK (51 databases searched) locates only the copy cited by Porbase. AND BOUND WITH:SILVEIRA, Joaquim Henriques Fradesso da. Compendio do novo systema legal de medidas. Lisbon: Typographia do Centro Commercial, 1856. 8º, 102 pp. In good to very good condition.FIRST EDITION of this detailed explanation of the metric system. There is a second edition, 1860, an English translation, 1861, a third edition, 1865, and yet a fourth edition, 1868.Joaquim Henriques Fradesso da Silveira (1825-1875) studied chemistry at the Escola Polytechnica de Lisboa and later became the director of the meteorological observatory at the same institution. He wrote a number of significant works, held important posts, and was said to have been an exemplary public servant.* Not in Innocêncio; see IV, 85, citing a related work, Compendio do novo systema metrico decimal, 1859, without collation; on the author, see also IV, 84-5, 443; XII, 68-71. This edition not located in OCLC, which cites the Lisbon, 1860 edition: 6812012 (Vanderbilt University Library); and an English translation of 1861: 81121198 (Harvard College Library). Porbase cites this work without locating any copy; a single copy of the 1860 edition is located at the Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas-Universidade Nova de Lisboa; single copies of the third and fourth editions are located at the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. No Portuguese-language edition located in Copac, which cites a single copy of the 1861 English edition at British Library. KVK (51 databases searched) locates only the editions cited by Porbase. AND BOUND WITH:Tabellas da reducção das medidas antigas a medidas novas, e das medidas novas ás antigas, referidas aos padrões de Lisvoa. Lisbon, n.pr., 1856.8º, [23 ll.]. In good to very good condition.Probably a divisional title for an appendix to the work by Silveira., Lisbon, Imprensa de Lucas, 1853., Lisbon, Typ. da Sociedade Typographica Franco-Portugueza, 1866.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original yellow printed wrappers (front wrapper detached). Slight foxing. Uncut and unopened. In good to very good condition. 93 pp., (1 blank l.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The author, a native of Torres Novas (1824-1890), teacher, physician, engineer, farmer, and naturalist, as a member of the Portuguese legislature, states: "Eu entendo que a instrucção primaria está na miseria; que a secundaria é uma cause de dosordem na instrucção publica, e muitas vezes de desmoralisação " (p. 8). He compares the amount spent on education in Portugal with that spent in other European countries, and discusses which subjects he feels need more emphasis in Portuguese schools, at the elementary, secondary and university level.At various times from June 1866 to June 1879 Andrade Corvo was Foreign Minister, Minister of Public Works, Minister of the Navy and Overseas Territories, and Minister of War. He wrote an historical novel, Um Ano na Corte, published in 4 volumes, 1850-1851, whose action takes place at the time of the deposing of D. Afonso VI. He founded and edited the newspaper A Época (1848-1849) together with Rebelo da Silva, and contributed to the Revista Universal Lisbonense (1841-1859) and the Revista Contemporânea de Portugal e Brasil (1859-1865).*** Innocêncio X, 148. Porbase locates three copies, all in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Not located in Copac. KVK (51 databases searched) locates only the copies cited by Porbase. Not located in NUC., Lisbon, Typ. da Sociedade Typographica Franco-Portugueza, 1866., Sao Paulo, Brasil: Companhia Das Letras, 1993. "Elas comecam como comedias - e terminam como tragedias. Essa e a linha das cinquenta historias de A COROA DE ORQUIDEAS, a segunda antologia da serie A VIDA COMO ELE E....de Nelson Rodrigues, e tao sensacional quanto a primeira. Durante dez anos, de 1952 a 1962, Nelson escreveu diariamente uma historia de A VIDA COMO ELE E....para o jornal ULTIMA HORA, do Rio. Republicadas nas diversas edicoes regionais do jornal, descobrie-se que esse autor tao carioca, embora pernambucano de origem, era o mais universal dos escritores brasileiros. As historias de A COROA DE ORQUIDEAS so incidentalmente se passam num Rio dos anos 50, no tempo em que ali ficava o Distrito Federal, em que os carros eram Buicks, Cadillacs e os primeiros Fuscas - e em que os encontros amorosos sempre terminavam em paixao e sangue. Na verdade, elas se passam naqueles dois unicos territorios que nao conhecem lugare ou epoca: or corpos e almas de seus protagonistas." {Ruy Castro}. This book has 254 pages. The text contains NO internal marks whatsoever. The text is written entirely in BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE. Overall, this is a FINE copy of this SCARCE title.. 5th Reimpressao. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Companhia Das Letras, 1993<

1993, ISBN: 9788571643345

Sao Paulo, Brasil: Companhia Das Letras, 1993. "Elas comecam como comedias - e terminam como tragedias. Essa e a linha das cinquenta historias de A COROA DE ORQUIDEAS, a segunda anto… mais…

Sao Paulo, Brasil: Companhia Das Letras, 1993. "Elas comecam como comedias - e terminam como tragedias. Essa e a linha das cinquenta historias de A COROA DE ORQUIDEAS, a segunda antologia da serie A VIDA COMO ELE E....de Nelson Rodrigues, e tao sensacional quanto a primeira. Durante dez anos, de 1952 a 1962, Nelson escreveu diariamente uma historia de A VIDA COMO ELE E....para o jornal ULTIMA HORA, do Rio. Republicadas nas diversas edicoes regionais do jornal, descobrie-se que esse autor tao carioca, embora pernambucano de origem, era o mais universal dos escritores brasileiros. As historias de A COROA DE ORQUIDEAS so incidentalmente se passam num Rio dos anos 50, no tempo em que ali ficava o Distrito Federal, em que os carros eram Buicks, Cadillacs e os primeiros Fuscas - e em que os encontros amorosos sempre terminavam em paixao e sangue. Na verdade, elas se passam naqueles dois unicos territorios que nao conhecem lugare ou epoca: or corpos e almas de seus protagonistas." {Ruy Castro}. This book has 254 pages. The text contains NO internal marks whatsoever. The text is written entirely in BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE. Overall, this is a FINE copy of this SCARCE title.. 5th Reimpressao. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Companhia Das Letras, 1993<

ISBN: 8571643342

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ISBN: 8571643342

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ISBN: 9788571643345

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