Apparições: Versos
Lisboa: Typographia Universal de Thomas Quintino Antunes, 1867. Very Good. Item #21349
Small octavo (19cm.); late 19th-century dark brown morocco over cloth, gilt spine in six compartments, marbled endpapers, original pale pink wrappers bound in; 206pp. Spine leather a bit dried and rubbed, especially at raised bands, very light foxing to textblock, else a Very Good or better copy overall with attractive mid-20th century ex libris to front pastedown.
The first of three poetry collections by the radical Portugese journalist Guilherme de Azevedo (1839-1882). As a key figure of the social realist movement known as the Geração de 70, Azevedo played a significant role in introducing the poetry of the more influential Antero de Quental to the public.
Price: $150.00