Almanach de caricaturas para 1874. by PINHEIRO, Raphael Bordallo

Lisbon, Typographia Editora de Mattos Moreira & Companhia, 1873.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 3 volumes in 1. 8°, mid-twentieth-century half red sheep over faux reptilian boards (some wear to outer joints and corners), spine gilt with raised bands in six compartments, gilt lettering in second and fourth compartments from head, red decorated endleaves, top edges rouged, red silk ribbon place marker, all illustrated color wrappers bound in. Profusely illustrated. In very good condition. Small rectangular brown on yellow paper ticket of "Rual de Almeida // Encad. Dour. // Rua Pedro Nunnes, 33 // Lisboa". 64 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION—A COMPLETE RUN of an early example of the work of the Portuguese caricaturist considered by many the greatest of all time.Raphael Bordallo Pinheiro (1846-1905), whose name is sometimes written Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro by pedantic present day cataloguers, is generally considered the greatest ever Portuguese caricaturist, as well as the first Portuguese comics creator. His fame as a caricaturist led the Illustrated London News to become one of his collaborators. There is a museum in Lisbon of his name dedicated to his life and works. Raphael Bordallo Pinheiro was a disciple of his father, the painter Manuel Maria Bordallo Pinheiro. His brother was the painter Columbano Bordallo Pinheiro.Around the time the third and final volume of this series appeared, in 1875, Bordallo Pinheiro created the cartoon character Zé Povinho (literal translation: "Joe Public", "Joe Everyman", "Joe Shmoe", or "John Doe"), a Portuguese every man, portrayed as a poor peasant. Zé Povinho became, and still is, an iconic symbol, the most popular character in Portugal. The first appearance of Zé Povinho was on 22 May 1875, in A Lanterna Mágica magazine, although that appearance did not attribute him with a name. He was named in the 6 December 1875 issue of the same magazine. In 1885, he founded a ceramics factory in Caldas da Rainha, where he created many of the pottery designs for which this city is known. The factory is still in business. Bordallo Pinheiro was devoted to the production of ceramic pieces, which in his hands quickly acquired an original character.*** Os sucessores de Zacuto: o almanaque na Biblioteca Nacional do século XV ao XXI 179. See José Augusto França, Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, o português tal e qual, (2nd ed., 1982) pp. 102-5. Porbase cites a single complete run and another set with the second and third volumes only, both apparently in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Jisc repeats British Library and adds Oxford University. KVK (51 databases searched) locates only the records cited in Porbase. *** BOUND WITH:  PINHEIRO, Raphael Bordallo. Almanach de caricaturas para 1875. Lisbon: Livraria Editora, n.d. (1874). 8º, 64 pp. Profusely illustrated. In very good condition. AND BOUND WITH:PINHEIRO, Raphael Bordallo and Manuel de Macedo. Almanach de caricaturas para 1876. Lisbon: Livraria Editora, n.d. (1875). 8º, 64 pp. Profusely illustrated. In very good condition.