Camillo Castello Branco (Mártires, Lisbon, 16 March 1825 - São Miguel de Seide, Famalicão, 1 June 1890) was one of the greatest writers in the history of Portuguese-language literature. He was also one of the first writers to make a living exclusively from his writing in Portugal.
A controversial character, he was nevertheless admired by all the great figures of his time, and his exceptional work managed to rise him to the category of cult author. In fact, it's impossible to understand the Portuguese 19th century without considering his profound influence on the culture of the century of the locomotive, of newspapers and of a progress longed for by a people coming out of impossible wars and trying to rebuild their identity.
It is with genuine veneration for the master that we at ANNO celebrate the 200th ANNIVERSARY of Camillo, an author who touched on everything that matters in human life, from love to the deepest suffering; but who, above all, taught us how to write like no one else.
Happy birthday and thank you, golden writer.
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Castello Branco, Camillo – ESTRELLAS PROPICIAS. Porto. Casa de Viuva Moré. 1863. 219 (1) pp. 17 cm x 10,7 cm. E.
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Castello Branco, Camillo – ESTRELLAS PROPICIAS. Porto. Casa de Viuva Moré. 1863. 219 (1) pp. 17 cm x 10,7 cm. E.
1.ª edição em formato de livro deste romance do áureo escritor que havia sido publicado inicialmente nas folhas d’ O Commercio do Porto, no anno anterior.
Existe uma versão com frontispício da Livraria Campos Junior, produzida após a aquisição dos fundos da Casa Viuva Moré (Carvalho, p. 50).
Bom estado geral de conservação. Encadernação coeva de boa feitura pelo mestre encadernador F. Thomson (Lisboa), com lombada em pele e ferros dourados; ligeiramente manuseada. Guardas marmoreadas de belo efeito. Ligeiramente aparado. Poema de Lord Byron a lápis em caligrafia coeva na folha de anterrosto. Interior com picos e manchas ténues de acidez.
Bastante raro.
Bibliografia auxiliar:
Carvalho, M. (2003). Descrição Bibliográfica Camiliana, 93, p. 50.
