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4 volumes. Large 8° (24.2 x 16 cm.), twentieth-century (third quarter?) half crimson sheep over decorated paper boards (some very minor wear to extremities), spines gilt with raised bands in five compartments, black leather lettering pieces in second and fourth compartments, gilt letter, decorated endleaves, top edges rouged, other edges uncut, original pink decorated wrappers for each of the four volumes bound in. In very good to fine condition. (2 ll.), 790 pp.; 862 pp., (1 l.); viii, 770 pp.; vii, 818 pp. Each volume has a slip, approximately 5.8 x 13 cm., placed before the title page, stating "Exemplar com a variante de reimpressão de diversas páginas." *** FIRST EDITION-A COMPLETE RUN of this important review edited by Eça de Queiroz, who was also a major contributor. This was an editorial project of exceptional quality inspired by the French Revue des Deux Mondes. What we have here is apparently a later issue, without indication of the separate issues or fascicles. According to Guerra da Cal, Eça had dreamed for a long time of founding and directing a great review which would be for Portugal what these types of publications were for the "países cultos de Europa." It was soon apparent that this had been something of an impossibility. While the initial fascicle was issued in 3000 copies, soon fascicles were being issued in 1000 copies, then 800, then 700. In June 1890, the completion of the first series coincided with a financial crisis. Publication was suspended during July, August and September. By the time the second series began to appear in October 1890, Eça had decided to transform Revista de Portugal into a "magazine" with some lighter and miscellaneous material, in order to appeal to a wider audience. Nevertheless, the changes were not profound, either in the format of the review, or in its content. There were delays and interruptions in publication during the issuing of the second series, in June 1991, when the review entered another difficult phase. After that the review continued to be published regularly until May 1892. Each series or volume contained six issues.In the words of Guerra da Cal, the present work "es un documento inapreciable de la vida cultural portuguesa del siglo . " Eça published here a preliminary version of Correspondência de Fradique Mendes, as well as four essays on diverse themes, one anonymous and the others signed with the pseudonym "João Gomes", as well as one more signed "Um espectador". There is also a serialized version of Eça's translation of Sir Henry Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines. This appeared in book form in 1891. The serialization is preceeded by Eça's introduction (I, 389-91), signed "Allão Quartelmar", which was supressed when the work was published as a book. Other Portuguese contributors to the Revista de Portugal included Oliveira Martins, Antero de Quental, Moniz Barreto, Teófilo Braga, Guerra Junqueiro, Ramalho Ortigão, Magalhães Lima, Leite de Vasconcelos, Malheiro Dias, Fialho de Almeida, Raúl Brandão, and Sousa Viterbo. Brazilian collaborators were Eduardo Prado, Medeiros e Albuquerque, and Oliveira Lima, among others. *** Guerra da Cal, Lengua y estilo de Eça de Queiroz, Apéndice: Bibliografía queirociana I, 593-6, 1.963 (without mention of the preliminary pages in volumes III and IV). Rafael & Santos, Jornais e revistas portugueses do século XIX, 4570. See also Ana Teresa Peixinho, "Literature and Journalism in Portugal: The Major Contribution of Eça de Queirós" in TMG Journal for Media History, XXIV (1-2, 2021); also Maria Helena Santana, ?Introdução,? in, Textos de Imprensa, VI (da Revista de Portugal), Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 1995, 15-48. Not located in Jisc. Seller Inventory # 38007
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