Bidspirit auction | José Bruno Carreira

José Bruno Carreira - Antero de Quental: Subsídios para a sua biografia - José Bruno Carreira, 1981. Published in 1981 by the Ponta Delgada Cultural Institute and distributed by Livraria Editora Pax, these two volumes constitute a remarkable and exhaustive reference work on the life and literary career of Antero de Quental. The copies, measuring 24.5 x 17 cm, are in very good condition, both covers and text, with a total of 508 pages in the first volume and 479 pages in the second. This edition, as illustrated in IMG_0810.jpg, IMG_0811.jpg, IMG_0812.jpg and IMG_0813.jpg, is widely recognized for its depth and documentary rigor in the analysis of the poet's biography, contextualizing with extreme detail his complex life, as well as his profound human and literary relationships, and is a fundamental piece for the study of 19th-century Portuguese intellectual life.