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ORTIGÃO (Ramalho). A HOLLANDA. Porto. s.d. - ORTIGÃO (Ramalho) A HOLLANDA . Porto: Magalhães & Moniz, s.d. 360 pp.; 240 mm. First edition of Ramalho Ortigão's most celebrated travel works. Composed from chronicles originally written for the Gazeta de Notícias of Rio de Janeiro, the work explores, city by city, the origins, landscape, customs, houses, people, colonies, art, and intellectual life of Holland, in a travelogue where the author's vivid and ironic prose intersperses, at times, critical and somewhat mischievous reflections on Portugal. Received with great enthusiasm by critics and the public, the work would see numerous re-editions over the following decades. Esteemed and sought after. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate