Kaaterskill Books

Bulhão Pato, Raymundo Antonio.

Dos Açores Cartas. 1.a Parte [and] segunda Parte (S. Miguel) [Two volumes in One].

Ponta-Delgada: Typ. da Voz da Liberdade, 1868. 96 pp. 16mo. Three quarter black morocco over textured blue leather boards, gilt title and rules on spine, silk endpapers. First edition. A very good copy with scuff mark on spine, front board rubbed, light soiling on title, book plate on front paste-down. Canto: Bibliotheca açoriana 2284. Item #38852

Raimundo António de Bulhão Pato (1828-1912) was a Portuguese essayist, poet, and translator of Shakespeare. His travel work, Dos Açores Cartas, was written as a series of letters: the first contains four letters addressed to Ricardo Guimaraes (later Viscount Benalcanfor); the second part contains three letters, the first to Eduardo Augusto Vidal, and the second and third to Manuel Pinheiro Chagas, with sections on poetry and much discussion of literary efforts. OCLC shows only two complete copies: Harvard and Berkeley. Also one at the BN Portugal.

Price: $275.00