Historias brazileiras, por Sylvio Dinarte.
by [TAUNAY, Alfredo d'Escragnolle]
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About This Item
Rio de Janeiro, B.L. Garnier (printed by Typ. Pinheiro & Cª), 1874.. First Edition. 8°, contemporary quarter burgundy sheep over marbled boards (wear to corners; other slight wear), spine with raised bands in five compartments, gilt fillets, gilt lettering in second compartment from head, marbled endleaves. Scattered very light, minor stains. Overall in very good condition. 237 pp., (1 l.). *** FIRST EDITION, with four short stories and a one-act play, "Da mão á boca, se perde a sopa". A native of Rio de Janeiro, Taunay (1843-1899), historian, lexicographer and political figure, was also one of the foremost Brazilian novelists of the later nineteenth century, as well as a distinguished politician. His literary works—most written under pseudonyms such as Sílvio Dinarte—include the novels Inocência (1872) and O encilhamento (1893). Inocência, set in the sertão of Matto Grosso, was one of the first Brazilian novels to forsake Romanticism for Realism.*** Sacramento Blake I, 58: without collation. Innocêncio XIX, 239: without collation. Ford, Whittem and Raphael, Tentative Bibliography of Brazilian Belles-Lettres p. 168: calling for only 237 pp. NUC: TxU, CtY, MH, NN.
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- Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books (US)
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- Title
- Historias brazileiras, por Sylvio Dinarte.
- Author
- [TAUNAY, Alfredo d'Escragnolle]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rio de Janeiro, B.L. Garnier (printed by Typ. Pinheiro & Cª), 1874.
- Keywords
- Brazilian literature, fiction, Rio de Janeiro natives, Brazil, Bresil, Brasil, dramas, Plays,
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