Bidspirit auction | COELHO (F. Adolfo). OS CIGANOS

COELHO (F. Adolfo). OS CIGANOS DE PORTUGAL: Com um estudo sobre o calão. Lisboa. 1892. - COELHO (F. Adolfo) OS CIGANOS DE PORTUGAL: Com um estudo sobre o calão . Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1892. [10]-302-[4] pp., 7 est.: il.; 255 mm. An important anthropological, ethnological, and sociological work on the Roma people in Portugal. Divided into three parts: the first dedicated to the language of the Roma people of Portugal; the second to Portuguese slang and jargon and their relationship to the language of the Roma people; and a final part dedicated to the history and ethnographic sketch of the Roma people of Portugal. Includes three appendices with documents, an essay on the Roma people of Brazil, and another on the physical characteristics of the Roma people, the latter illustrated with seven separate plates reproducing physiognomic portraits of the Roma people and a curious drawing depicting a group of this ethnic group in the Alentejo region, on their way to the Alter-do-Chão fair. Rare and highly valued. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate