Afinidades. Revista de cultura luso-francesa.

Faro, Propriedade do Instituto Francês em Portugal, September 1942-October-November 1946.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 20 issues in 16 volumes. , original printed wrappers (occasional foxing and minor spotting). Issue 16 has some light water damage. Issues 2, 16 and 18 with some light dampstaining. Numbers 4, 9/10, 11, 12 and 13 unopened. Overall in very good condition. Issue 7/8 has some contemporary notes in pencil written on the front wrapper. Title page of issue 16 with contemporary black ink signature of Joaquim Antunes. Contemporary blue ink manuscript annotation on pp. 13-21, "Transformation de la Poesie Moderne"; some underlining and marginal notes in this issue. Issue 1 with booksellers' ticket "Livraria Olissipo" at upper left corner of front wrapper verso; At foot of rear wrapper: booksellers' red stamp: "Livraria 5$00 Bertrand". Issue 2 with booksellers' purple stamp "Livraria 5$00 Bertrand" at foot of rear wrapper. Issue 13 with booksellers' ticket "Livraria Sá da Costa Lisboa" at upper left corner of front wrapper verso. Errata slips bound in to issues 1, 2 (pink), 3 and 13 (green). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION—A COMPLETE RUN. Numbers 7/8, 9/10, 14/15 and 19/20 are double issues. Directed by Francisco Fernando Lopes and published by João Romualdo Mascarenhas, the editor was Lionel de Roulet. This interesting and important review began at the height of World War II with the object of representing multiple aspects of French culture. Rather eclectic, with articles on art, literature, science, history, etc. French and Portuguese authors contributed with an obvious object of combating the Nazi ideology and occupation. The double issue 9/10 was devoted to the liberation of France, with collaboration of Abel Salazar, Claude Roy, Jean-Paul Sartre and Louis Aragon. Number 16 was partly dedicated to Eça de Queiroz during the celebrations of the centenary of his birth. José Cardoso Pires and Luiz Pacheco provided literary criticism. Other significant contributors were André Breton, André Malraux, François Mauriac, Jaime Brasil, João Gaspar Simões, Joel Serrão, Mário Dionísio, Paul Valéry, Pierre Hourcade, Saint-Exupéry, Simone de Beauvoir, Adolfo Casais Monteiro, Agostinho da Silva, Colette, Fernando de Pamplona, Fidelino de Figueiredo, Henrique de Campos Ferreira Lima, Luís Forjaz Trigueiros, Maria Archer, Moses Amzalak, Roger Bastide and Tomás Kim.*** Pires, Dicionário da imprensa periódica literária portuguesa do século XX, II (1941-1974), 1, 33-5. Pires, Dicionário das revistas literárias portuguesas do século XX, p. 53. Rocha, Revistas literárias do século XX em Portugal, p. 655.