Origins of the Portuguese Paper Fetish

Twenty-four vintage book covers from Portugal:

Cover by João da Câmara Leme for Calvino, O Visconde Cortado ao Meio (early 60s)
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Cover by João da Câmara Leme for Calvino, O Barão Trepador (early 60s)
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Cover by João da Câmara Leme for Calvino, O Cavaleiro Inexistente (early 60s)
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Cover Paulo Guilherme for Gide, Isabel (1958)
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Cover by Sebastião Rodrigues for Alexandre Grine, O Apelo do Mar (1961)
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As Quadras do Povo, pamphlet series from Lisbon, 1909
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Cover of Poemas de Deus e do Diabo by JOSÉ RÉGIO (c. 1943), designer unknown
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Rui Knopfli, Mangas Verdes com Sal, 1972, cover by the author
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Cover by Miguel Flávio for 9 Novelas de Antecipação Americanas (1964)
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Cover by Miguel Flávio for Cunhal, Senalonga (1965)
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Cover by Sebastião Rodrigues for Aparicao by VERGÍLIO FERREIRA (1960)
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Cover by Amorim for Celine, Viagem ao fim da noite (1944)
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Portuguese book cover (Rosa Duarte?)
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Portuguese book cover (Rosa Duarte?)
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Rosa Duarte, cover for Chandler, À Beira do Abismo
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Cover by António Domingues for Portuguese Buzzati book, 1960
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Cover by Infante do Carmo for Caldwell, Motim em Julho (1956)
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Cover by Cândido Costa Pinto for Simenon, A Sombra Chinesa (not dated)
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Cover by Cândido Costa Pinto for Chandler, O Imenso Adeus (not dated)
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Cover by António Vaz Pereira for Anao by Par Lagerkist
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Cover by Carlos Botelho for Mendes, Assombros (1962)
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Cover by Luiz Filipe for Roteiro Africano by Fernando Laidley (1958)
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Alberto R. Pidwell Tavares cover for Al Berto (c. 1977)
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Cover by Victor Palla for Os Filhos do Pai Tomás (1958)
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Previously:

—Blickfang! The Eye-catching covers of Weimar Berlin
—Atomic Anadolu Pop: 25 book covers from Turkey
–Japanese book covers 1 & 2
–Indian book covers 1 & 2
–Czechoslovakian book covers 1 & 2, 3
–Polish book covers 1 & 2