Anais das Bibliotecas, Arquivo e Museus Municipais. Revista trimestral. Numbers 1-21, a complete run.

Lisbon, Tipografia Municipal, 1931-1936.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 21 issues in 1 volume. 4° (22.8 x 17.3 cm.), recent navy half calf over blue pebbled boards (some wear), spine gilt with raised bands in 5 compartments, title and date in gilt; top edges rouged, light blue decorated endleaves, dark blue silk ribbon place marker, all original illustrated wrappers bound in. In very good condition. Small rectangular paper binder's ticket (blue on white) of "Fausto Fernandes // ENCADERNADOR // P. D. Fradique 1 - Lisboa," in upper outer corner of front free endleaf verso. Includes tables and illustrations in text and numerous plates (1 in color; some folding). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION, a COMPLETE RUN. Directed by Joaquim Leitão, Anais includes articles on a multitude of museums and libraries in Portugal, on the art, architecture and archeology of Lisbon, on Camões and Ramalho Ortigão, on the Paraguayan War, and more. The contributors include such well-known names as Moisés Bensabat Amzalak, Júlio Dantas, Albino Forjaz de Sampaio, António Baião, Fidelino de Figueiredo, Gustavo de Matos Sequeira, Reinaldo dos Santos, and Henrique Campos Ferreira Lima.The Anais runs to nearly a thousand pages and is copiously illustrated with photographs of architecture, azulejos, manuscripts, and title pages. Fifty-two of the illustrations are photographs on glossy paper (some printed front and back); also included are wood engravings, a graph printed in color, 2 folding tables, and a folding plan.*** Pires, Dicionário da imprensa periódica literária portuguesa do século XX, I (1900-1940), p. 66. Porbase locates two complete runs, both in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Jisc locates number 9 only at King's College London.