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SÉRGIO (António). ENSAIOS. Porto e Lisboa. 1920-1958. - SÉRGIO (António) ENSAIOS . Porto e Lisboa: [Vários editores], 1920-1958. 8 v.; 180 mm. First editions of the eight volumes of António Sérgio's Essays , a central work of 20th-century Portuguese essay writing, published over 38 years by five different publishers. The work encompasses philosophy of education, history of Portugal, theory of knowledge, political philosophy, cooperativism, literary criticism, and moral essay, constituting a body of reflection of rare intellectual coherence. The publication of Volume IV, in 1934, led to the author's imprisonment by the Salazar regime and his subsequent exile. Considered by Mário Sacramento to be the first great critic in the history of Portuguese literature and the most rigorous thinker of his generation, António Sérgio maintained throughout the series an independent and combative stance that made the Essays one of the greatest documents of 20th-century Portuguese culture. Complete set of first editions. Very rare and highly valued. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate