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infanta capelista - CASTELO BRANCO (Camilo) A INFANTA Capellista: romance . S. Paulo: Tipografia Edanee, s.d. [4], 128, [2] pp.; 240 mm. Facsimile reprint of one of the rarest pieces in Camilo’s bibliography. Originally published in 1872, “The Infanta Capellista” is seen by many biographers as a revenge novel for Camilo’s rejection of his aspirations for a title of nobility. We know that the novelist had been writing the aforementioned novel, in which he parodied the Royal Family, which “should be hung in the genealogical folios of the House of Braganza, may God preserve it and not waste it on us” (letter to Castilho), since November 1871. The novel reached the press, but, instigated by a visit from Emperor D. Pedro II, probably promising him the long-awaited title, Camilo ordered the printing of the novel to be suspended and the contents of the prints to be destroyed. The succession of events experienced by the Infanta's printed pages are today a curious and very interesting story of bibliophilia, also felt by Camillianists as a pinch of salt in the intricate novel of which a writing is the protagonist. Several sheets of paper were sent from Salsicharia Francesa to wrap the most diverse items for sale in the establishment. By pure chance, a sheet of paper with a frontispiece arrived for António Joaquim Rebelo. And what happened next, Dias da Costa tells us: «Surprised, Rebelo went to the grocery store and bought all the paperwork. He tried to complete the copies and managed to get some; however, the information regarding the number differs. Henrique Marques says half a dozen. Sequeira says the same. In the 3rd edition of Carrasco (1916), the publishers say that Rebelo only managed to get a complete copy of 128 pages, later ordering the 5th sheet (pages 65 to 80) to be reprinted, thus obtaining about twelve copies. Manuel dos Santos (Revista Bibliográfica Camiliana, I, page 239) reports that in 1915, some eight copies with the 5th page reprinted appeared for sale in two second-hand booksellers in Porto. In 1913, at an auction in Lisbon, an authentic copy was sold, that is, with that page of the original printing. As can be seen, it is not possible, with what is there, to know for sure the number of copies; it is known, and it is already quite a lot, that they are extremely rare.» Two facsimile editions were later published, the present one and another in Porto, both in reduced print runs. ! Please note that this translated text was generated by Google. !