History & Art
Lot 54:
COLECÇÃO Henriquina. Lisboa: Comissão Executiva das Comemorações do V Centenário da Morte do Infante D. Henrique, 1958-1961.
12 v.; 185 mm.
Collection published on the occasion of the commemorations of the death of Infante D. Henrique, composed of several titles by the most important academics of the time. With the following titles: 1) History of Portuguese Discoveries; 2) Life and Work of Infante D. Henrique, by Vitorino Nemésio; 3) Discovery of the Atlantic, by Costa Brochado; 4) The Nautical Science of the Portuguese in the Age of Discoveries, by Fontoura da Costa; 5) The Ships of Infante D. Henrique, by Quirino da Fonseca; 6) Priority of Portuguese Discoveries, by Viscount of Santarém; 7) The Secrecy Policy of Discoveries, by Jaime Cortesão; 8) Ancient Portuguese Cartography, by Armando Cortesão; 9) Missionary Action in the Henrican Period, by Father António Brásio; 10) Economic Overview of the Henrican Discoveries, by Amaro D. Guerreiro; 10) Infante D. Henrique and the University, by A. Moreira de Sá; 12) Historiographers of the Discoveries, by Costa Brochado. Unusual.
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