SILVA PEREIRA OLIVEIRA, Luiz da:Livre Rare Book
Inquérito Literário Literary Inquiry
1915539286Lisboa Lisbon: Livraria Clássica Editora de A.M. Teixeira 1915. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 368 4 ads pp. Printed wrappers in glassine page edges untrimmed. Neat bookplate of A. Ribeiro dos Santos facing title page see below. Modest wear light scattered internal foxing one signature neatly reattached at gutter just about near fine. A collection of essays and comments about "a vita literaria portugesa" which had appeared in the newspaper Republica during the final months of 1912 including one of Pessoa’s earliest polemical texts "Uma Replica: Ao snr. dr. Adolfo Coehlo." Pessoa wrote a critical review of the book which appeared in the first issue of the Lisbon newspaper O Jornal April 4 1915—a publication directed by Boavida Portugal—criticizing both contributions and the book's organization. A little more than two weeks later Pessoa's collaboration with O Jornal was terminated. Bookplate is that of doctor and noted bibliophile Dr. Alfredo Ribeiro dos Santos. dos Santos' collection of 3500 items was sold at auction in 2007; cataloger Dr. Mario Soares called it "a rare collection of books newspapers and magazines highly representative of 20th century Portugal obviously targeting a Republican perspective socialist and secular. Livraria Clássica Editora de A.M. Teixeira unknown
