Luã­s Costa Pinto (2 results)

24 numbers in 1 volume. 4°, contemporary mottled calf (worn and stained), flat spine with black lettering piece missing left half) and and black numbering piece, gilt-lettered title and gilt numbered volume; marbled endleaves (hinges weak, front free endleaf nearly detached, rear free endleaf gone). The woodcut on the first title page, of two ships at sea, is repeated as a headpiece on the other 23 parts. Some dampstains. In good condition. Old paper tag at head of spine with manuscript shelfmark ("312"). Small rectangular ticket tipped on to upper outer corner of front pastedown with printed "Manoel da Silva Mattos". Issue nº 1 has 16 pp.; issues 2-24 each have 12 pp. *** Second edition of a work first published Lisbon, 1801, including maxims, avisos, and other humorous and satirical writings in poetry and prose. José Daniel Rodrigues da Costa (1757-1832), a native of Leira, was a prolific writer of essays, poetry, and dramas: his works (the earliest of which dates to 1777) were very popular and often reprinted during his lifetime. As an Arcadian poet, he wrote under the name Josino Leirense. His narrative poem O balão dos habitantes da lua (1819) is considered the first Portuguese work of science fiction. Oliveira Barta finds in him an observant witness of his turbulent time: "Autor de uma produção vasta e desigual, o seu testemunho literário revela-se de particular importância pelo fresco impressivo que consegue transmitir-nos do conturbado período de charneira entre os finais de Setecentos e os inícios de Oitocentos." Innocêncio uncharacteristically declines to catalogue all the author's works: "Parece-me desnecessario além de difficil, apresentar aqui um catalogo geral de todas as suas producções." Costa eventually became a fervent supporter of D. Miguel, who granted him a pension.*** Innocêncio IV, 304. Rafael and Santos, Jornais e revistas portugueses do séc. XIX, 1098. Cunha, Elementos para a história da imprensa periódica portuguesa (1641-1821), p. 251, nº 46: the first edition, with a note on the second; for other periodicals by the author, see nos. 38, 41, 51, 55, 58, 72, 127, 131, 134, 138. Palha 1440. Not in Universidade de Coimbra, Publicações periódicas portuguesas; cf. 604, the first edition. Not in Silva Pereira, O Jornalismo portuguez; cf. p. 4, the first edition. Pinto de Mattos p. 494. On the author, see Álvaro Manuel Machado in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, p. 150; José Oliveira Barata in Biblos, I, 1335-6; Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, I, 569-70. Porbase locates a single copy each at Biblioteca Municipal Porto, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Jisc repeats British Library. NUC: DLC, MH.

4°, disbound. Caption title. Text in 2 columns on first page. In good to very good condition. Remains of small paper tag in upper left corner with old ink manuscript number "2252". 7, (1) pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Glosses on 4 poems; signed in print on p. 7. The advertisement on the final page promises a new work out in 1802 and lists 6 other works available.The "Guerra das Laranjas," a prelude to the Peninsular War, got its nickname from the orange-tree branches that Godoy sent to D. Maria Luisa as trophies taken from Elvas, a town he had not captured. In early 1801 D. João, Prince Regent of Portugal, rejected French demands to close Portuguese ports to British ships, and declared war on Spain. French and Spanish troops invaded the Alentejo, soundly defeating the Portuguese. In the peace treaty hastily concluded at Badajoz on 6 June 1801 (by Bonaparte's brother Lucien, French Ambassador to the Court of Madrid, Manuel Godoy, and Luis Pinto de Sousa, the Portuguese plenipotentiary), Portugal agreed to cede the border fortress of Olivença to Spain, to pay Spain for the cost of the war, reimburse her subjects for damages incurred, and to close Portuguese ports to British ships.José Daniel Rodrigues da Costa (1757-1832), a native of Leira, was a fervent supporter of D. Miguel. He held many government posts in Portugal and was a prolific writer: his works (the earliest of which dates to 1777) were very popular and often reprinted during his lifetime. Innocêncio uncharacteristically declines to catalogue all the author's works: "Parece-me desnecessario além de difficil, apresentar aqui um catalogo geral de todas as suas producções." Rodrigues da Costa was a poet of arcadismo, using the name Josino Leirense in the Nova Arcadia. His narrative poem O balão aos habitantes da lua (1819) is considered the first Portuguese work of science fiction.*** Not in Innocêncio; on the author, see IV, 304-5; XII, 295; Aditamentos 229-30. For numerous other works by this author, see Ayres Magalhães de Sepúlveda, Dicionário bibliográfico da Guerra Peninsular II, 214-16. Not located in Porbase. Jisc repeats British Library only.