Bidspirit auction | JOAQUIM ROMERO MAGALHÃES

JOAQUIM ROMERO MAGALHÃES - LUSO-BRAZILIAN GOLDSMITHING. FROM THE GOLD AND DIAMOND CYCLE. OCEANOS, Nº 43 - Dir. Joaquim Romero Magalhães; AAVV, Lisbon, National Commission for the Commemorations of the Portuguese Discoveries, 1996. Richly documented and illustrated. Gathers an interesting collection of articles on 18th-century Portuguese gems and their origins; the Pollets, jewelers of D. Maria I; 18th-century jewel-monstrances; the silver tombs of the Holy Queens of Lorvão; the Chapel of São João Baptista; Luso-Brazilian jewels from the Carlos & Margarida Costa Pinto Museum (Salvador, Bahia)... A historiographical album of great scope. Publisher's large-format paperback binding. Excellent copy.