D. Miguel de Noronha de Paiva Couceiro, 4th Count of Paraty (s. 21.12.1946), a Cavalry Officer in the Portuguese Army, was born at Cascais, in 1909, and died in Lisbon, in 1979.
Much interested in History, Heraldry and Calligraphy he drew several beautiful armorial ex libris, mostly on behalf of friends who appreciated his work. His bookplates, with the exception of the coloured one, designed with the collaboration of his friend the eminent heraldist Dr. Carlos da Silva Lopes, are much influenced by the calligraphic style, much practised in India.
Most of his heraldic bookplates were later engraved in steel, at the request of their owners, by another distinguished Portuguese artist - the engraver António Paes Ferreira, who is a master of the burin, making them little graphic masterpieces.
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Name: Artur Mário da Mota Miranda Insc.:His name Artist: István Tempinszky Opus/Year:1970 Tech.: C2 |
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Name: Pedro de Melo Gonçalves Guimarães Insc.: Pedro Guimarães Artist: Paes Ferreira, sculp. Opus/Year:# 78, 1968 Tech.: C2 |
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Name:Jorge Eduardo de Abreu Pamplona Forjaz Insc.: Jorge P. Forjaz Artist: Paes Ferreira sculp. Opus/Year: #118, 1978 Tech.: C2 |
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Name: Engº Manuel de Lancastre Bobone Insc.: His name Motto: Fide Sed Vide Artist: Paes Ferreira, sculp. Opus/Year: #81-A, 1988 Tech.: C2 Insignia: Crosses of the Order of Grimaldi (Monaco), Knight of the S.M.H.O. St. J. J. (Malta) and of the Order of St. Charles (Monaco) |
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Name: Engº Manuel de Lancastre Bobone Insc.: His name Motto: Fide Sed Vide Opus/Year: Tech.: P2 |
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Name: D. Manuel Luís de Castro Pamplona (1907-1968) Insc.: D. Manuel de Castro Motto: Or Perfect Solitude or Perfect Sympathy Artist: Paes Ferreira sculp. Opus/Year:: #71 - 1965 Tech.: C2 |
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© 1998-2008 José Vicente de Bragança (Portugal) & J. Stewart LeForte (Canada), editors * Posted: 25 August 1998 |