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SOARES (Ernesto). INVENTÁRIO da Coleccção de Estampas: Série Preta I v. Lisboa. 1975. - SOARES (Ernesto) INVENTÁRIO da Coleccção de Estampas: Série Preta I v . Lisboa: Biblioteca Nacional de Lisboa, 1975. XVI, 382, [2] pp.: il.; 285 mm. First edition, published posthumously about nine years after the author's death. Ernesto Leandro Rodrigues Soares (Mafra, 1887 - Lisbon, 1966), educator, bibliographer and the most important scholar of the history of engraving in Portugal in the 20th century, dedicated decades to the systematic inventory of Portuguese iconographic production. Among his fundamental works are the History of Artistic Engraving in Portugal (2 volumes, 1940-1941), the Evolution of Wood Engraving in Portugal, 15th to 19th centuries (1951) and the Dictionary of Portuguese Iconography , in collaboration with Henrique de Campos Ferreira Lima (5 volumes, 1947-1960). This Inventory of the Print Collection - Black Series catalogs over 3000 prints from the collection of the National Library of Lisbon, with indexes organized by subject, chronology, schools, workshops, publishers, and techniques. The work is illustrated with prints on extra-text sheets printed on coated paper. It is an indispensable reference tool for the study of Portuguese engraving and iconography, and a natural complement to the rest of the author's bibliographic corpus. Highly regarded. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate