Guedes Rodrigues' Private Collection
Lot 25:
ORTIGÃO (Ramalho)
AS PRAIAS de Portugal: Guia do Banhista e do Viajante. com desenhos de Emílio Pimentel. Porto:: Livraria Universal de Magalhães & Moniz, 1876.
144, [16] pp., 12 grav.: il.; 230 mm.
One of the most famous books by Ramalho Ortigão dedicated to the most popular beaches at the time: Foz do Douro; Leça and Matosinhos; Pedrouços; Póvoa do Varzim; Farm; From Pedrouços to Cascais; Vila do Conde; Thorn; Ericeira; Nazareth; Figueira da Foz and Setúbal – almost all descriptions accompanied by an engraving. It also has a very interesting chapter dedicated to hygienic precautions, Help for the drowned, in addition to other curiosities. Rare and sought after.
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