Camillo Castello Branco (Mártires, Lisbon, 16 March 1825 - São Miguel de Seide, Famalicão, 1 June 1890) was one of the greatest writers in the history of Portuguese-language literature. He was also one of the first writers to make a living exclusively from his writing in Portugal.
A controversial character, he was nevertheless admired by all the great figures of his time, and his exceptional work managed to rise him to the category of cult author. In fact, it's impossible to understand the Portuguese 19th century without considering his profound influence on the culture of the century of the locomotive, of newspapers and of a progress longed for by a people coming out of impossible wars and trying to rebuild their identity.
It is with genuine veneration for the master that we at ANNO celebrate the 200th ANNIVERSARY of Camillo, an author who touched on everything that matters in human life, from love to the deepest suffering; but who, above all, taught us how to write like no one else.
Happy birthday and thank you, golden writer.
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Castello Branco, Camillo – SENTIMENTALISMO E HISTÓRIA. Porto. Ernesto Chardron. 1879. 302 pp. 17,5 cm x 11, cm. E.
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Castello Branco, Camillo – SENTIMENTALISMO E HISTÓRIA. Porto. Ernesto Chardron. 1879. 302 pp. 17,5 cm x 11, cm. E.
Raro volume da 1.ª edição de 1879 que contém as partes dedicadas a D. António, Prior do Crato e seus descendentes e Eusébio Macário, o primeiro romance realista do áureo escritor, ainda que parodiando a nova corrente.
A este volume seguir-se-ia um segundo, no ano seguinte.
Bom estado geral de conservação. Encadernação simples em percalina sobre a qual se sobrepuseram as capas de brochura da segunda edição (rasurada). Vinheta da célebre Livraria Camiliana do engenheiro agrónomo Pedro “Alvellos”, um dos mais respeitados homens de letras da sua geração e um profundo conhecedor da vida e obra de Camillo, no verso da pasta anterior. Interior com ocasionais e ténues picos de acidez; sublinhados a esferográfica nas pp. 190-191.
Raro.
Bibliografia auxiliar:
Marques, H. (1894). Bibliographia Camilliana, 187, pp. 83.
