Lisbon, Livraria Aillaud e Bertrand, 1922.. FIRST EDITION. 8°, mid-twentieth-century quarter dark blue morocco over marbled boards, spine richly gilt with raised bands in five compartments, author lettered in gilt in second compartment from head, short-title lettered in gilt in fourth compartment, two gilt rules to leather where it meets the marbled boards, decorated endleaves, top edges tinted dark blue, other edges uncut, dark blue silk ribbon place marker. Lacks the original wrappers. Otherwise in very good condition. liii, 217 pp., frontispiece portrait of the author, plate with portrait on D. Mercedes de Castro Feijó following p. liii. *** FIRST EDITION. There is an edition of 1981.António Joaquim de Castro Feijó (Ponte de Lima, 1859 -Stockholm, 1917) was a Portuguese poet and diplomat. He was the most important disciple of Gonçalves Crespo and of French Parnassianism. "Poeta de rara sensibilidade, culto, lúcido, espirituoso, com grande sentido rítmico, deixou uma vasta obra, marcada pelo romantismo, pelo parnasianismo, de que foi primeira figura, e finalmente pelo simbolismo saudoista."—Dicionário cronologico de autores portugueses.*** See Saraiva & Lopes, (16th ed.), pp. 964-5, 973, 975; Álvaro Manuel Machado in Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 184-5; Fernando Guimarães in Biblos, II, 491-3; and Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, II, 421.

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Bookseller: Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 42395
Title: Sol de Inverno: ultimos versos (1915). Preface and biography by Luís de Magalhães and Alberto d'Oliveira.
Author: FEIJÓ, António
Book Condition: Used
Edition: FIRST EDITION
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Lisbon, Livraria Aillaud e Bertrand, 1922.

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