Subasta Bidspirit | HERCULANO (Alexandre). CARTAS autógrafas assinadas

HERCULANO (Alexandre). CARTAS autógrafas assinadas a Joaquim Filipe de Soure. [Lisboa, Calhariz, Vale de Lobos e Ajuda]. [c. 1857]-1870. - HERCULANO (Alexandre) CARTAS autógrafas assinadas a Joaquim Filipe de Soure . [Lisboa, Calhariz, Vale de Lobos e Ajuda], [c. 1857]-1870. 13 cartas autógrafas sobre papel. An important collection of thirteen handwritten letters by Alexandre Herculano (1810-1877), all addressed to Joaquim Filipe de Soure (1805-1882), the friend and confidant to whom the historian wrote for over a decade. The letters, numbered in ink by a contemporary hand, cover, based on the dated elements, the period from 1862 to 1870, and some, without a complete date, must be from an earlier period, as they refer to the lease of Calhariz and settlements of accounts related to that business. Herculano was Chief Librarian of Ajuda from 1839 to 1877, and it is in this capacity that he wrote the official letter of January 4, 1869, regarding cabinets for coins and medals. Around 1857 he leased the Calhariz property and in 1859 acquired the Vale de Lobos estate, where he established his permanent residence from 1867 onwards. The letters in this collection date from these two houses, and from Ajuda. Soure, a native of Évora, a law graduate from Coimbra, a member of parliament since 1834, president of the Chamber of Deputies in 1857, and Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs and Justice, is considered one of Herculano's closest associates in political and intellectual circles. The correspondence mixes practical and personal matters: accounts and lease of Calhariz, sale of rice from Apostiça, statutes, the invitation to the Council of Public Instruction and to the chair of History, which Herculano declines, also excusing himself from meeting with the king, and the offer, on April 12, 1863, of the first volume of the third edition of the History of Portugal and two portraits. Also of interest are the letters written from Vale de Lobos in 1862, 1864 and 1870, the latter concerning a sum of twenty-five thousand réis and the ”collection, ” and a note of a jocular tone, signed ”The Hermit of Ajuda, ” with references to Mafra and Carnide. A collection of strong biographical and documentary interest, showing the private man and the retired citizen of Vale de Lobos, and bringing together, under a single address, letters from various phases of Herculano's life. Rare. List of letters, in chronological order (dates in square brackets are hypotheses): 1. Letter written on a Sunday, the 14th [c. 1857]: accounts and affairs of Calhariz. 2. Letter sd [c. 1857]: settlement of accounts for the years 1855 to 1857. 3. Letter written on Monday the 13th [c. 1857-1859]: Calhariz, Apostiça rice, statutes, and a reference to António José de Ávila. 4. Letter written on Saturday, the 9th [c. 1859]: refusal of the position on the Council of Public Instruction and the chair of History, and excused from meeting with the king. 5. Letter of July 11, 1862, Friday: matters concerning Vale de Lobos. 6. Letter of Sunday, April 12, 1863 (date according to the recipient's note): gift of the first volume of the third edition of the History of Portugal and two portraits. 7. Vale de Lobos Letter, June 9 [1864]. 8. Letter of June 12, 1864. 9. Letter from Ajuda, January 4, 1869: official letter regarding cabinets for coins and medals in the numismatic cabinet. 10. Letter from Vale de Lobos, July 2, 1870: sum of twenty-five thousand réis and the ”collection”. 11. Calhariz's letter, written on a Tuesday night [n.d.]: a domestic order notice. 12. Letter written on Monday, the 31st [sd]: refers to Macedo and the Marquis. 13. Saturday note [sd], signed ”The Hermit of Ajuda”: joke about Mafra and Carnide, with greetings to Severino. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate