Academias dos singvlares de Lisboa ...
Subtitle: t. 1-2
Published: 1665
Place of publication: Lisboa
Language: por
Subjects: Portuguese poetry
Notes: The full titles of the 2 vols. are as follows: v. 1. Academias dos singvlares de Lisboa. Dedicadas a Apollo. Primera parte. Anno 1665. Lisboa, Na officina de Henrique Valente de Oliueira impressor del Rey N.S. 8 p. l., 356 p. (Title vignette).--v. 2. Academia dos singulares de Lisboa, dividida em dezoito concursos, em que se inclue hum certamen academico. Dedicada a Dom Ioseph Lvis de Lancastro, conde de Figueiró. Tomo segundo. Lisboa, Na impressaõ de Antonio Craesbeeck de Mello, impressor del Rey N.S. & de S. Alteza, anno M.DC.LXVIII. 4 p. l., 425 (i.e. 427) p. Vignette showing coat of arms of Conde Figueiró, on 3d prelim. leaf)

Initials; tail-pieces.

The academy held conferences (referred to as "Academia I, Academia II", etc.) from October 4, 1663 to February 24, 1664, and from October 19,1664 to February 19, 1665, after which it ceased to exist. Each conference comprises an address by the president and poems in his honor, followed by poems by members of the academy upon the subject chosen for the occasion.

For notice of the academy of. J.S. Ribeiro, Historia dos estabelecimentos scientificos, literarios e artisticos de Portugal, t. 1, p. 157-158.