Social landscapes, traveler’s narratives, writings of yesterday [Section II]
This exhibition was held from the State Public Library’s Rare Books Collection and Periodicals Sector, highlighting the records of Ceará travelers, from the 19th century.
Front matter of Notas de Viagem 2 edition, by Antônio Bezerra (1915) by Antônio Bezerra de MenezesBiblioteca Pública Estadual do Ceará
"All aboard; the steamer should leave at midnight. While each one seeks a berth to avoid the terrible seasickness, I remained on the deck thinking about what was most dear to me on land. [...] What a painful thing the hour of departure is...
...not even Chateaubriand's magic pen was able to translate the greatness of this pain. And I avoid saying any more words for fear of arousing the laughter of the adepts of the realist school. If they have too much spirit, they lack heart".
Antônio Bezerra
The Travelers from the Land of the Sun
Ceará and the Cearenses. The latter seem to spark a taste for exploratory travel, resulting, regardless of their final destination, whether overseas or in the paths of their own province, in publications and manuscripts that report what they witnessed through pen and paper.
NOTAS DE VIAGEM AO RIO DE JANEIRO
João Brígido
The manuscript collection of the Biblioteca Pública Estadual do Ceará (BECE), located in the Rare Works sector, totals approximately 100 titles. Among them, one can find two paper amounts, carefully bound in olive-green leather, showing the following inscriptions in gold on the cover: João Brígido - Notas de Viagem ao Rio de Janeiro.
João Brígido, born in Rio de Janeiro but a son of Ceará by vocation, was a politician of relevant importance in the history of Ceará in the 19th century. He was a fierce activist for causes he believed would benefit society, such as the constitution of a Provincial Library of Ceará, today the State Public Library of Ceará, and in the defense of liberal ideals that prevailed in part of Ceará's intellectuals.
Sources: O Araripe and Ceará Newspaper
No Paiz dos Yankees
The writer of the novels Bom-Crioulo and A Normalista also decided to write and publish his travel notes. Adolfo Caminha, remembering his time in the United States, details his impressions of the American culture and ethos.
Front matter from 'No Paiz dos Yankees' (1894) by Adolfo CaminhaBiblioteca Pública Estadual do Ceará
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No Paiz dos Yankees was published as a book in 1894, in Rio de Janeiro, being edited at Livraria Moderna by Domingos de Magalhães
The title page shows a vignette containing the initials D and M, referring to the publisher of the publication. A relatively common custom among booksellers
Details from end sheet marbling of 'No Paiz dos Yankees' (1894) by Adolfo CaminhaBiblioteca Pública Estadual do Ceará
Its title pages, both front and back cover, are marbled....
...visually constituting a unique and beautiful component to the first edition of the publication
Illustration from 'No Paiz dos Yankees' (1894) by Adolfo CaminhaBiblioteca Pública Estadual do Ceará
Of unknown authorship, this engraving on page 64 illustrates how the entrance to New Orleans looked at the end of the 19th century.
Interior da Província: Notas de Viagem
From pamphlet to publication, the travel notes of the naturalist Antônio Bezerra follow a trajectory that many writers chose to follow. Releasing their texts in the periodicals was the cheapest (and often the most effective) way to publish in the province.
Notas de Viagem feuilleton, by Antônio Bezerra by Antônio Bezerra de MenezesBiblioteca Pública Estadual do Ceará
Using a curious pseudonym, Antônio Bezerra published the pamphlets "Interior da Província: Notas de Viagem" between April 1895 and November 1887
These texts, previously unpublished in the study of literature from Ceará, were published in their entirety in the newspaper A Constituição, from Fortaleza.
Notas de Viagem feuilleton, by Antônio Bezerra by Antônio Bezerra de MenezesBiblioteca Pública Estadual do Ceará
In the last part of the pamphlet publication, on November 28, 1887, Antônio Bezerra signed his real name for the first time
Cover of Notas de Viagem 1 edition, by Antônio Bezerra (1889) by Antônio Bezerra de MenezesBiblioteca Pública Estadual do Ceará
After a delay of two years in order to finance its publication in volume, Antônio Bezerra brings to light his texts bundled in A Constituição
Prologue of Notas de Viagem 1 edition, de Antônio Bezerra (1889) by Antônio Bezerra de MenezesBiblioteca Pública Estadual do Ceará
This is Section II of III. Continue on Section III.
Promoção
Secretaria da Cultura do Estado do Ceará
Secretária: Luísa Cela
Realização
Biblioteca Pública Estadual do Ceará
Diretora: Enide Vidal
Superintendente: Suzete Nunes
Gestão
Instituto Dragão do Mar
Diretora-presidenta: Rachel Gadelha
Diretor de Articulação: Lenildo Gomes
Gerente de Articulação Institucional: Benjamim Lucas
Coordenação de Acervo, Pesquisa e Conhecimento
Coordenador: Rodrigo Alves
Assistente: Priscila Damasceno
Bibliotecário: Lucas Corrêa
Estagiária: Madalena Herminio
Pesquisador: Lucas Rodrigues
Setor Obras Raras
Bibliotecáries: Madalena Figueiredo; Rafael Secundino; Rejane de Sousa
Setor Periódicos
Bibliotecárias: Maria Zuila de Lima; Jacilene Lobo; Raimunda
Curadoria, Edição e Revisão
Coordenador: Rodrigo Alves
Bibliotecário: Lucas Corrêa
Estagiária: Madalena Herminio
Pesquisador: Lucas Rodrigues
Textos
Lucas Rodrigues
Comunicação
Ivy Ariane
Eri Filho
Uli Batista
Fotos
Gandhi Guimarães
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