CAMÕES, Luis de
La Lusiade . . poëme héroïque, en diz chants, Nouvellement traduit du Portugais, avec des notes & la vie de l'auteur. Enrichi de Figures à chaque Chant.
2 vols. 8vo. I: (2) ff., xxix (1) pp., (1) f., 320 pp.; II: (2) ff., 291 (1) pp., (2) ff. With 10 attractive engraved plates. Contemporary calf, spines gilt (lower cover of Vol. II repaired, some slight worming at foot of spine). Very occasional discolouration in Vol. 1. With the bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst.
The well-...
£300
[COUTINHO, Francisco de Lemos de Faria Pereira & João Pereira Ramos de Azeredo COUTINHO]
Compendio historico do Estado da Universidade de Coimbra no tempo da invasão dos denominados Jesuitas e dos estragos feitos nas sciencias e nos professores, e directores que a regiam pelas maquinações, e publicações dos novos estatutos por elles publicados.
Small 8vo. (1) f., xx pp., (1) f., 503 pp. Contemporary calf, spine gilt.
Pombal began “the overhauling of the University of Coimbra in 1772, which abolished the study of scholastic philosophy and put natural philosophy (or natural history) in its place (it is worth noting that those self-same men who were instrumental in bringing the baroque period to an end and welcomed...
£280
VIEIRA, Antonio
Arte de Furtar, Espelho de Enganos, Theatro de Verdades, Mostrador de horas minguadas, gazua geral dos Reynos de Portugal. Offerecida a ElRey Nosso Senhor D. Joaõ IV . . . De novo reimpressa, e offerecida ao Illmo Sr F.B.M. Targini, Visconde de Sm Lourenço, Thesoureiro Mor do Erario do Rio de Janeiro, e Patricio do Estado.
Small 4to. xiv, (2), 428 pp. With engraved portrait of Padre Antonio Vieira as frontispiece & vignette on title p. Later calf (rebacked, spine laid down). Bound for Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, noted Spanish scholar and bibliophile, with his arms stamped on the front and back covers, and his bookplate. Earlier ownership signature of J. Viseu on...
£280
VASCONCELLOS, Jorge Ferreira de
Comedia eufrosina. Novamente impressa, e emmendada por Francisco Roiz Lobo. Terceira ediçam fielmente copiada por Bento Joze de Sousa Farinha.
Small 8vo. 356, (1 ff.). Near contemporary calf (rebacked). From the library of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of Great Britain 1762-63, with his coat of arms on front and back covers.
The author’s “masterpiece,” according to Aubrey Bell. Although the work did not appear in print, anonymously, until 1555, he believed that it had been...
£200
[Lisbon]
Description de la Ville de Lisbonne, où l'on traite de la cour, de Portugal, de la Langue Portugaise, & des Moeurs des Habitans; du Governement, des Revenus du Roi, & de ses Forces par Mer & par Terre; des Colonies Portugaises, & du Commerce de cette Capitale.
Small 8vo. (13) ff., 268 pp., (4) ff. with "catalogue des livres." Later quarter calf (lacking label, some wear to head of spine).
An important and interesting description of Lisbon before the earthquake of 1755. "One of the best brief descriptions of Portugal in the reign of Dom João V" (Boxer, The Golden Age of Brazil 1695-1750). ...
£480
[Philip II]
Relação das Exequias d'El Rey Dom Filippe nosso senhor, primeiro deste nome dos Reys de Portugal. Com algüs sermões que neste Reyno se fizerão.
8vo. (2), 84, (11) ff. Contemporary limp vellum (worn, lacking ties). Worm hole in text of ff. (2) & 1-10 with some loss of text, ink erasure on title p., ff. 9 & 39 misnumbered.
After the annexation of Portugal Philip, with his habitual prudence, actively sought the acceptance of his Portuguese subjects; he spent several months there and granted a...
£220
[Port Wine]
Novas instrucçoens da Feitoria Ingleza, a respeito dos vinhos do Douro. Setembro de 1754. A todos os Commissarios. Senhores. Followed by: Resposta dos Commissarios Veteranos ás novas instrucçoens da Feitoria (f. 1 verso).
Folio. (2) ff. Boards.
“As England became a world power the Factories in Portugal diminished in importance. Hitherto the Factories had had a powerful lobby in Parliament and the city of London, and the ministers at Whitehall had been inclined to be more sympathetic to their grievances than H.M. ministers abroad . . . The delayed crisis of...
£120
[Lisbon]
Compromisso da Misericordia de Lisboa.
4to. (8), 39, (1) ff. (but lacking f. with licences). With woodcut on title p. & title within ornamental border. Later calf (head of spine worn). Lacks preliminary f. (2) with the licences. With contemporary marginal annotations, occasional underlining, some ff. discoloured, ink stain on lower margin of preliminary ff. & on f. 6 verso,...
£700
[Companhia Real dos Caminhos de Ferro Atravez d’Africa]
Memoria explicativa e descriptiva dos actos e da situação da Companhia Real . . .
Folio. 234, II pp. With 2 maps (1 double p.), 44 photographic plates & 1 folding plate and, tipped in, photocopy of the printed letter from the Company justifying its financial situation. Quarter calf (slightly scuffed). Lacking plate facing p. 180, as does the British Library copy; this appears to be a duplicate of that facing p. 40. ...
£150
PORTUGAL e CASTRO, Francisco Paulo de (Marquês de Valença, Conde de Vimioso)
Oraçaõ panegyrica, que recitou . . ., Censor da Academia Real, a 6. de Junho de 1737. Nos felicissimos annos do Serenissimo Senhor D. Joseph Principe do Brasil.
8vo. (4) ff. Wrappers. Disbound. Label on f. (1) recto.
The Marquês de Valença eulogises young prince D. José on the occasion of his birthday, comparing him to the heroes of classical Greece and Rome. D. João V’s reign saw a flowering of literary, musical and artistic pursuits in Portugal encouraged by the king.
...£30
NIEREMBERG, Juan Eusebio
Obras espirituales del V.P. . . de la Compañía de Jesus. Primera, y segunda parte. De la hermosura de Dios, y su amabilidad.
Small 4to. (4) ff., 368 pp. Contemporary vellum. Ownership signature on half-title p. & on title p. Occasional spotting. Marginal tear repaired in pp. 85-94, 99/100 & 171-176.
Scarce edition of the work by Nieremberg, who was regarded as the last of the great Spanish mystics. Of German parents, he was born and...
£80
MOREIRA, Antonio José
Regras de Desenho para a Delineaçaõ das Plantas, perfis e prespectivas Pertencentes á Architectura Militar, e Civil, Com a descripçaõ, e pratica dos instrumentos de que mais ordinariamente se servem os Officiaes Engenheiros assim no bofete, como no terreno. Para uso da Real Academia de Fortificaçaõ, Artilheria, e Desenho . . .
Small 8vo. (8) ff., 237 (3 blank) pp. With 30 folding plates engraved by Queiroz. Recent quarter calf. Copy with pp. cockled, 10 plates taken from another copy.
The work concentrates mainly on military architecture and fortifications, largely inspired by Vauban, whose influence continued well into the 18th century, and it includes a chapter...
£350
FAGOAGA, Francisco de
Tablas de las Cuentas del Valor Liquido de la Plata del Diezmo, y del intrinseco, y natural de la que se llama quintada, y de la reducción de sus leyes a la de 12. Dineros. Segun las novissimas ordenanzas de Su Magestad, y de los derechos, que de la plata, y oro que le pagan es estos reynos, en conformidad de sus leyes reales, y cedulas.
8vo. Title within woodcut border, woodcut coat of arms. (6) ff., 68 pp. Near contemporary vellum, later endpapers (early manuscript used for rear endpapers). Some discolouration to margins.
Second edition of these tables for converting various levels of purity of silver which, to facilitate the levying of royalties in Mexico, show the net value of all...
£450
[MABLY, Gabriel Bonnot de]
Derechos y deberes del ciudadano. Obra traducida del idioma francés al castellano.
Small 8vo. CXV, (1), 318 pp. Contemporary calf. Old bookseller’s label inside front cover.
Rare first edition of the translation into Spanish of Abbé de Mably’s Des droits et des devoirs du citoyen, which first appeared in French in 1789. The works of the French philosophers were forbidden in late 18th century Spain and read...
£150
BEGAS, José Antonio D. y
Nuevo estilo y formulario de escribir cartas misivas y responder á ellas en todos géneros de correspondencia: reformado segun el estilo moderno y añadida en esta última edición.
Small 8vo. (4) ff., 342 pp. Near contemporary vellum. Front & back free endpapers shaved at outer margin, otherwise a good copy.
This popular work was frequently reprinted. It outlines the frequency of the postal system in Spain, detailing the time taken for correspondence to arrive in different cities worldwide, and it gives guidance on such...
£80
ASTARLOA y AGUIRRE, Pablo Pedro
Apología de la lengua bascongada, ó ensayo crítico filosófico de su perfeccion y antigüedad sobre todas las que se conocen: en respuesta á los reparos propuestos en el Diccionario geográfico histórico de España, tomo segundo, palabra Nabarra.
Small 4to. XXIV, 452 pp. Contemporary calf (extremities worn). Some pencil markings. Short tear repaired in upper margin of p. 27/28.
The author mounts a spirited defence of the Basque language to contest the writings of Joaquin Traggia’s Breve noticia de Navarra in the Diccionario histórico geográfico de España de...
£100
COLOMA, P. Luis
Pequeñeces . . .
5th edition. 8vo. 552 pp. Quarter morocco. Short tear repaired in upper margin of title p.
The work “. . . caused more sensation than any novel of the last twenty years . . . [Coloma’s] literary mission appears to be to satirise the Spanish aristocracy, and Pequeñeces is his capital effort in that kind . . .” (Fitzmaurice-Kelly, A...
£50
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de
La Galatea, dividida en seis libros, compuesta por . . . Va añadido El Viage del Parnaso del mismo autor.
8vo. (4) ff., 431 pp. Contemporary vellum (lacking ties, soiled, upper right corner of front cover defective). Some slight discolouration on a few pp., top 2 lines of p. 147 faintly printed, otherwise a good copy.
“It is very certain that (Cervantes) had a special fondness for the Galatea: he spared it at the burning of Don Quixote’s library, praised...
£300
CONCEIÇÃO, Apollinario da
Primazia serafica na Regiam da America, novo descobrimento de Santos, e Veneraveis Religiosos da Ordem Serafica, que ennobrecem o Novo Mundo com suas virtudes, e acçoens.
Small 4to. (18) ff., 366 pp., (1) f. Title page in red & black. Contemporary calf (head & foot of spine repaired). Some staining on title p. & faint water stain in upper margin of preliminary ff., otherwise a good copy.
First edition of this history of the Franciscan missions in South America, referred to by Borba de Moraes as an “...
£3500
[Contraband]
Alvará com força de Lei . . . que sejam expedidos pelo unico Ministerio do Conservador Geral do Commercio os muitos, e differentes negocios, que tem accumulado a concurrencia da exacta vigilancia, que se faz precisa sobre a execução das suas Leis respectivas aos Mercadores fallidos, aos Contrabandos, descaminhos, e fraudes maquinadas contra o bem commun do Commercio, contra a sua Real Fazenda, e contra a utilidade pública dos Filhos das Folhas das suas Alfandegas: He servido extinguir o sobredito Cargo: Dividindo-o, e creando em lugar delle hum Superintendente Geral dos Contrabandos; hum Juiz dos Fallidos; e hum Juiz Conservador dos Privilegiados, todos Desembargadores da Casa da Supplicação; e cada hum delles com jurisdicção privativa, e exclusiva nos negocios da sua commissão . . . (Dated 16 December 1771.)
Folio. 7 pp. Wrappers. Some near contemporary marginalia on pp. 3 & 4.
Gold production in Brazil had declined and funds entering the Exchequer had diminished. The decree appoints a General Superintendent of Contraband and two judges as additional guardians against contraband. “All the commerce of Brazil was made on...
£50
[Commerce with Madeira and the Azores]
Alvará . . por bem cassar, e revogar o Alvará de vinte de Fevereiro de mil setecentos quarenta e oito, permittindo sòmente que os Moradores das Ilhas em lugar de cada hum dos Navios de quinhentos caixas, que deviaõ navegar para os pórtos do Brasil, possaõ expedir tres, ou quatro de menos pórte, com tanto que vaõ das sobreditas Ilhas em direita viagem carregados de generos, que elles produzem, e nelles se fabricaõ . . . (Dated 20 July 1758.)
Folio. (1) f. Wrappers. Two small wormholes, just touching text.
The Crown was concerned that many inhabitants of the Azores and Madeira were emigrating. The law of 20 March 1736 had stipulated that only fruit and foodstuffs could be exported from Madeira and the Azores to Brazil, it had established the number of ships permitted to sail there...
£45
[Commerce]
Carta de Lei, por que Vossa Magestade ha por bem, que desde a publicação della até o ultimo de Dezembro do corrente ano sejam matriculados na Junta do Commercio destes Reinos, e seus Dominios todos os Commerciantes Nacionaes, que formam o Corpo da Praça desta Capital: Que só os que assim forem matriculados por Homens de Negocio, possam usar desta denominção nos seus requerimentos: Que fique inteiramente prohibido admittirem-se nos despachos das Alfandegas, e nos Escritorios das Casas de Commercio assignantes, Guarda-livros, Caixeiros, Praticantes, ou Pessoas, que não hajam sido matriculadas, e que não houverem cursado, e completado os seus estudos na Aula de Commercio com Cartas de approvação: Que os interessados em todos os Nacios mercantes, que navegarem para os Portos da Asia, sejam obrigados a nomearem para Caixas, Sobrecargas, e Escriturarios dous Aulistas, que tiverem feito os estudos da mesma Aula: Que o mesmo se observe nos Escrivães das Náos da Armada Real, e nos diversos empregos das Companhias geraes, e suas Feitorias, Administrações, e Sociedades de grande porte, Medidores, e Lotadores dos Navios, e Volumes: E que o mesmo se observe nas serventias dos Officios da Administração, e Arrecadação da Fazenda Real . . . (Dated 30 August 1770.)
Folio. 10 pp. Wrappers. Tiny wormhole in inner margin.
Pombal believed that lack of business competence in Portugal hindered international commercial relations, and to remedy this he established the Aula de Comércio or Commercial School, its statutes being approved in April 1759. The curriculum included the study of...
£50
PATO, Raymundo Antonio de Bulhão
Renan e os Sabios da Academia.
8vo. 11 pp. Wrappers.
First edition. A poem lauding the writings and ideas of the French philosopher and biblical scholar, Joseph Ernest Renan. Bulhão Pato, the last of the Portuguese romantic poets, also wrote satirical verses and was in turn satirized as Tomás de Alencar by Eça de Queiroz in Os Maias. Innocêncio XVIII, 158....
£20
SILVA PINTO, Miguel Ventura da
Sobre a Theoria do Rarefactor e a Nova Machina Hydropneumatica. Memoria apresentada . . pelo sócio A.A. de Aguiar. (Offprint from "Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes," No. XIII).
8vo. 35 pp., (1) f. With 12 diagrams in text. Original printed wrappers. Library stamp on front cover & title page.
Design of a machine which can act as a filter to extract impurities from wine. The author was assistant professor of chemistry and physics at the Lisbon Industrial and Commercial Institute, and was apparently a very popular...
£30
[Anon.]
Verdadeira Noticia da grande Esquadra que do Reino de Napoles Sahio em Corso contra os Mouros de Argel, e de Salé, a cuja Esquadra se ajuntáraõ varios navios armados em Guerra que fizeraõ apparelhar os commerciantes de Marselha . .
4to. 8 pp. Wrappers. Pages browned.
Barbary pirates continued to terrorize Mediterranean ports in the mid-18th century, and in less than a year the merchants of Marseilles had suffered the loss of five ships and several fishing boats. To combat the menace the city hired and fitted out four ships from the Neapolitan Court, together with five...
£45
PALHOTO, Antonio Candido
Da influencia das Searas d'Arrôz na Agricultura e na salubridade publica.
8vo. 27 pp. Wrappers. Library stamp on title page.
A well-researched and well-written dissertation, which received much critical praise, on the important question of public hygiene.
Innocêncio I, 103.
£30
[HENNEQUIN, Victor Antoine]
Um Chinez em Paris buscando o Communismo.
12mo. Pp. (3)-26. Sewed. Lacks title p.
"Possibly the first separate publication of these letters. The original French text may have first appeared in a serial publication" (Harvard catalogue). In these letters dated 5 to 27 July 1848 the hapless Chinese mandarin of the title had arrived in the Paris siege of...
£40
FERREIRA, João Ignacio do Patrocinio da Costa e Silva
Flores de Espinhos. Poesias e opusculos litterarios. Parte primeira: Herminia, Lyra Metastasiana, Seductores e Lisongeiros no Inferno de Dante.
Small 8vo. 74 pp. Original printed wrappers (worn).
Patrocinio da Costa was professor of mathematics, and also a playwright and poet.
Innocêncio XI, 292, only knew of this first part.
£20
CASTELLO BRANCO, José da Fonseca Abreu
Oração Funebre recitada nas Exequias do Conde de Cavour.
8vo. 14 pp. Wrappers.
A memorial service was held with great pomp in the church of St. Anthony in Lisbon. According to Innocêncio the Rev. Canon Castello Branco was invited to deliver the sermon because of his fame as a preacher.
Innocêncio XII, 332. WorldCat...
£20
BOTO, Luiz Maria de Carvalho Saavedra Donnas
O Roteiro Historico-politico da Viagem de Suas Magestades, e o Naufragio do Vapor Porto. Poemas.
8vo. 64 pp. Original printed wrappers (worn). Ugly stain on outer margin of first ff.
The shipwreck of the steamship, Porto, occurred on 29 March 1852, in front of the life-saving station, and in full view of the horror-stricken inhabitants, without any being able to help. Over 60 people perished. Due to this disaster some effort was made...
£40
VIDAL, Eduardo Augusto
Guelfos e Gibelinos. Tentativa critica sobre a actual Polemica Litteraria.
8vo. 16 pp. Original printed wrappers.
In the heated literary controversy between "good sense and good taste" the author rejects the impositions of the classical style and romanticism.
Innocêncio IX, 159. Palha 1546. WorldCat lists 1 copy.
£20
MANCELLOS, Luiz da Cunha de
Acquisição de um Cruzador. Parecer de . . e Folheto que publicou mandado reproduzir pela Commissão Technica. (11 de Janeiro de 1890. Commissão Executiva da Grande Subscripção Nacional a Favor da Defeza do Paiz).
8vo. 163 pp. With folding plate tipped in. Original printed wrappers. Manuscript inscription (partly obliterated) & stamp on front wrapper.
An interesting insight into the workings of the Portuguese Naval Ministry, which was considering the purchase of a modern warship for its navy. "Correspondencia ácerca do Concurso para a Acquisição de um...
£25
MALHEIRO, Lourenço Antonio Pereira
Moinhos de Vento e Turbinas.
8vo. 36 pp, (2) ff. With illustrations in the text. Original printed wrappers.
Inspired by his visit to the United States where he organized the Portuguese mining section at the 1876 International Exhibition at Philadelphia, the author promotes the use of windmills for extracting underground water, driving machinery, grinding corn, etc. He also...
£25
MACHADO, Virgilio
Novo Densimetro.
8vo. 11 pp. With 4 diagrams in text. Original printed wrappers.
The work studies the density of solids and liquids. Virgilio Machado was Portugal's most important pioneer in electrolysis, and founded the Instituto Médico in 1903. In 1881 he was chosen by the government to attend the Exposition International de l'Electricité in Paris...
£20
[DINIS, Pedro]
A Imprensa na Gaiola. Poemeto. 1ª parte. O Baile.
8vo. 16 pp. Original printed wrappers. Library stamp on front wrapper & title page.
The poem is a satirical description of a ball; according to Innocêncio the poet was employed for many years as librarian to the Viscondes de Valmôr.
Palha 1528, "l'auteur de cet opuscule est resté inconnu." Innocêncio XVII, 198.A satirical...
£30
COUTINHO, Henrique Ernesto de Almeida
As saudades do Bardo Orthodoxo. Poema. 2nd edition.
Bound with: GRAY, Thomas: O Cemiterio da Aldea. Canto elegiaco . . traduzido em verso portuguez por H(enrique) E(rnesto de) A(lmeida) C(outinho). 2nd ed.
(COUTINHO, Henrique Ernesto de Almeida): Ode ao Lindo Primogenito do meu amigo J.T.A.R. 2 pp. 8vo. 8vo. 18 pp., 11 pp., 2 pp. Wrappers. ...
£25
AMADO, José Joaquim da Silva
As Formações e Transformações dos Animaes. Estudo sobre o desenvolvimento normal, teratologico e pathologico fundado sobre a embryogenia comparada, a physiologia, a anatomia pathologica, a histogenia e a paleontologia. Primeira parte: Desenvolvimento normal dos animaes da fauna actual.
8vo. XV, 235pp., (5) ff. With 2 folding plates (one with tear repaired). Original printed wrappers (worn & repaired). Presentation copy from the author. Unopened copy.
Silva Amado was a distinguished physician, scientist and professor, a corresponding member of the Academia Real das Ciencias in 1868, and was appointed professor of medicine at the...
£20
PORREÑO, Baltasar
Los dichos y hechos del Rey Don Phelipe II. Llamado con justa razon, el Prudente . . Al fin deste Librito se pone una Breve descripcion del Pays-Baxo.
12mo. (4) ff., 352, 82 pp., (1) f. Near contemporary panelled calf (rebacked & recased).
Porreños’s biography of Philip II is important in that it was written a few years after the king’s death, the first edition having appeared in 1628. In his Laurel de Apolo, Lope de Vega praised...
£200
RIBEIRO, José Silvestre
Academia das Sciências de Lisboa. Apontamentos históricos sobre Bibliotecas Portuguesas coligidos e escritos por . . .
4to. 170 (1) pp. Half leather (original wrappers bound in).
The article on Portuguese libraries is taken from the unpublished Vol. XIX of História dos Estabelecimentos Scientíficos Litterarios e Artísticos de Portugal, edited by Alvaro Neves. The work was begun in 1863 by Silvestre Ribeiro, and finally brought to fruition by Neves in 1913....
£25
COSTA Junior, José Fernandes
Hymno do Centenario da India. (Quarto Centenario do Descobrimento da India. Contribuições de Geographia de Lisboa).
4to. 14 (1) pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Library stamp on title page.
First issue. Fernandes Costa’s poem in celebration of the fourth centenary of Portugal’s discovery of India was later set to music by Augusto Machado. He was a prolific author who contributed to many periodicals, wrote poetry, besides compiling...
£20
[Peninsular War.]
Subscripção par auxilio dos infelizes em Portugal que forão saqueados e mal tratados, pelos Exercitos Francezes, com a barbaridade mais inhumana, e sem exemplo.
8vo. 16 pp. Wrappers. Signatures on title p. & last p.
As they retreated through Portugal Napoleon’s soldiers left a trail of destruction and suffering, and the plight of the Portuguese people led to funds being raised in Britain to assist them. A list of those who contributed and the amounts donated appears on pp. 5 - 16. The work...
£80
XAVIER, Antonio Velloso
Arte da louça vidrada, extrahida do tomo II. a folhas 578. da Enciclopedia Methodica. Traduzido do francez por . . . Followed by: Memoria sobre os utensilios da Arte de Vidrar, ou Alfahareria extrahida de Mr. Fourmy. Semanario de Agricultura y Arte. Tom. XIII. 325. pag. 186 (pp. 105-156).
Small 8vo. 161 pp., with 10 folding engraved plates. Contemporary calf. Tear repaired in inner margins of plates 3, 8 & 9. Insignificant traces of worming in upper margin of pp. 105-end & of plates 7-10.
The first section is a translation of the article Fayencerie in Vol. 2 of Arts et métiers mécaniques with some of plates from v...
£750
[Wine Trade.]
Alvará com força de Lei . . por bem abolir o exercicio de todos os Pareadores nomeados pelas Cameras dos Territorios do Alto Douro: E crear para o referido effeito hum Pareador Geral para examinar com a devida exactidão a medida das Pipas, que se remetterem da Cidade do Porto, para transportarem os Vinhos vendidos, e comprados nas ditas Terras, e para as que servirem no uso interior dellas . . . (Dated 20 December 1773.)
Folio. 7 pp. Wrappers.
Following Pombal’s draconian decree of 16 December 1773 ordering that all vines grown near the River Douro on land better suited to wheat should be destroyed and that all fish farming on the river should cease since it might impede navigation, he issued a further decree controlling the size of casks. To identify the manufacturer...
£50
[Wine.]
Sentença da Alçada, que Elrey Nosso Senhor Mandou conhecer da Rebelliaõ succedida na Cidade do Porto em 1757., e da qual Sua Magestade Fidelissima nomeou presidente Joaõ Pacheco Pereira da Vasconcellos . . . e escrivam Jozé Mascarenhas Pacheco Pereira Coelho de Mello.
4to. (2) ff., 24 pp. Wrappers.
An incident illustrative of Pombal's harshness. To control the production and export of wine and raise prices Pombal created the General Company for Wine Cultivation. The prices of shop and tavern wine soared and on Shrove Tuesday 1757 a popular demonstration broke out at the instigation of a few taverners....
£60
[Wine.]
Memoria sobre a Razaõ da Instituiçaõ da Companhia dos Vinhos do Alto Douro no Porto, e sobre a necessidade da sua conservaçaõ.
Small 4to. 28 pp. Near contemporary wrappers. Title at head of p. 1. Ink annotations on p. 10.
The continued existence of the Companhia Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto Douro (the Douro Winegrowers’ Company) after the French invasion remained in doubt. The work traces its history from its inception in 1756. Note...
£50
[Wine.]
Alvará, por que Vossa Magestade ha por bem occorrer com promptos remedios ás nocivas transgressões das Leis, que prohibem as misturas do Vinhos inferiores com as Legaes, e finos: Mandando enxertar nos Terrenos de Vinhos tintos de Embarque todas as Plantas, que nelles ha de Vinho Branco, em tinto: E prohibindo as outras misturas, muito mais damnosas do Folhelho, Páo Campeche, e Caparrosa, novamente inventadas com prejuizo, e engano dos Compradores do referido Genero . . . (Dated 10 April 1773.)
Folio. (2) ff. Wrappers.
The edict forbids the adulteration of wines, and decrees the vines producing white wine should be grown in areas separate from those producing red wine.
Marquês de Pombal. Catálogo Bibliográfico e iconográfico, 683.
£60
[VERGARA y ALBA, Francisco Ruiz de]
Regla, y establecimientos de la Orden y Cavalleria, del Gloriosso Apostol Santiago, Patron de las Spañas, con la Historia del Origen y Principio de ella.
Folio. (15), 220, (18) ff. (with errors in foliation). With engraved title page, full page engraving of the Immaculate Conception and portrait of Philip IV by Pedro de Villafranca y Malagón. Near contemporary vellum, remains of ties (head & foot of spine worn, front hinge split). Traces of damp-staining, more pronounced on ff. 32-86, 91-155, 171-174...
£600
[Wine.]
Alvará, por que Vossa Magestade, attendendo a não terem os Vinhos Brancos do Alto Douro a mesma estimação, que tem os Vinhos Finas Tintos daquelle Territorio, e os Vinhos de Oeyras, Carcavellos, e Lavradio: Ha por bem, que a mesma differença da sua qualidade se faça tambem nos preços delles, para serem menores do que os que para elles se achavam antes establecidos . . . (Dated 5 February 1772.)
Folio. (2) ff. Wrappers. Tiny wormhole in inner margin not affecting text.
The edict establishes a minimum price at which white wines from the Douro vineyards could be sold, though if the grower was successful superior wines could fetch higher prices, and inferior and unsalable wines could be sold below the minimum figure. Pombal...
£60
[Wine.]
Instituiçaõ da Companhia Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto Douro. (Dated Porto, 31 August, and Belem, 10 Sept. 1756.)
Folio. (1) f., 31 pp. Recent boards.
The legislation governing one of the Marquês de Pombal’s most important ventures. "The company statutes were largely based on a plan put forward by the large noble vineyard owners of the Douro . . . The Douro producers reacted enthusiastically when Pombal announced his planned company in 1756. ...
£220
WILLEKE, Frei Venâncio, OFM
Frei Antônio de Santa Maria Jaboatão, OFM.
8vo. Pp. (47)-67. Wrappers. Tiny wormhole in lower margin.
An appreciation of the works written by Antônio de Santa Maria Jaboatão, the Franciscan historian and author of Orbe serafico novo brasilico; an account of his life appears on pp. 48-55. Offprint from Revista de História nº. 93. Presentation copy from...
£12
[War of the Austrian Succession.]
Carta escrita ao Muito Egregio partido austriaco de Portugal, dedicado ao Invicto Martyr Saõ Joaõ Nepomuceno, Pela circumstancia do evidente milagre, que a favor do Exercito Austriaco obrou na ponte do rio Moldau a sua Veneravel estatua, cuja estampa se mostra collocada sobre a mesma Dedicatoria. Por hum anonymo, Que movido do grande gosto, com que entre elle vê celebradas tantas victorias, pertende ser novo Alumno de taõ feliz, e illustre Consistorio, pedindo-lhe primeiro huma resoluçaõ sobre algumas particularidades do seu genio.
8vo. (2) ff., 11 pp., with large vignette of the saint on f. (2) recto. Wrappers.
A fictional account of how the bronze statue of St. John Nepomucene, patron saint of Bohemia, miraculously turned its back on the invaders when Frederick the Great of Prussia’s forces entered Prague in August 1744, a year that proved disastrous for Frederick in his attempted conquest of Bohemia...
£70
[War of the Austrian Succession.]
Relaçaõ da Batalha de Dettingen, junto ao Rio Meno, E victoria alcancada pelo Exercito Inglez, e Hungaro, Commendado por S. Magestade Britanica, contra o da Franca, às ordens do Marechal de Noailles, em 27. de Junho de 1743. Mandada dar à luz por Filippe de Carvalho Souto-Mayor. Em obsequio dos fidelissimos, e discretissimos Anonimos, que a compuzeraõ; a quem a mayor modestia occulta.
8vo. (3) ff., 28 pp. With vignette on p. (1) & as tail-piece. Wrappers. A well printed work.
News is given of the battle of Dettingen on the banks of the river Main and the defeat by the British, together with the armies of Hanover and Hesse, of the French led by the Duc de Noailles. It was the last time that a British sovereign,...
£120
WALTON, William
A letter addressed to Sir James Mackintosh, M.P. on his Motion respecting the Affairs of Portugal, submitted to the House of Commons, On the 1st of June, 1829.
4to. 293 pp., (1) blank f., lxxix, (1) pp. Recent half calf, spine gilt, publisher’s original printed wrappers bound in. Some very occasional spotting, small slit in inside margin of p. 281/282.
In a speech in the House of Commons on 1st June 1829 Sir James Mackintosh, a firm supporter of established liberal causes and champion of Latin...
£180
VIEIRA, Antonio
Cartas do P. . . . da Companhia de Jesu. 4 vols.
Small 4to. I: (12) ff., 468 pp.; II: (6) ff., 479 pp. (Offerecido ao Eminentissimo Senhor Nuno da Cunha e Attaide), III: (12) ff., 451 pp. (Dedicado ao Eminentissimo, e Reverendissimo Senhor D. Thomás de Almeida, Cardeal da Santa Igreja de Roma . . . pelo Padre Francisco Antonio Monteiro). Preliminary ff. (13-14) of Vol. I taken from another copy. ...
£2000
VIEIRA, Antonio
Arte de Furtar, Espelho de Enganos, Theatro de Verdades, Mostrador de horas minguadas, gazua geral dos Reynos de Portugal. Offerecida a ElRey Nosso Senhor D. Joaõ IV. para quer a emende. Composta no anno de 1652. Pelo Padre . . . zeloso da patria. Correcta, e emendada de muitos erros; e assim tambem a verá o curioso leytor com as palavras, e regras, que por inadvertencia faltaraõ na passada impressaõ.
Small 4to. (12) ff., 409 pp. (with errors in pagination), 3 (blank) pp. With title page in red & black & portrait of Padre António Vieira engraved by G.F.L. Debrie dated 1745. Recent calf, spine gilt. Marginal manuscript annotation on p. 15, later manuscript annotations on blank endpaper. Some very occasional browning and dust staining....
£900
MAGALHÃES LIMA, Sebastião de
O Centenario no Estrangeiro. Conferencia realisada na Sociedade de Geographia de Lisboa.
8vo. 30, (1) pp. Original printed wrappers. Unopened copy.
A colourful figure in the journalistic and literary world of late 19th century Lisbon, Magalhães Lima was one of the driving forces behind the celebrations throughout Europe to commemorate the fourth centennial of the discovery of the sea route to India. A dedicated freemason, he...
£20
[VARNHAGEN, Francisco Adolfo de]
Trovas e Cantares de um codice do XIV seculo: ou antes, mui provavelmente, «O livro das Cantigas» do Conde de Barcellos.
Small 8vo. xlii, 399, (1) pp. With 2 facsimiles reproducing the mediaeval text. Vignette on p. 368. Contemporary half vellum. Some spotting and staining throughout, tiny piece torn from outer margin of p. 399.
Contents:- Introduction dated 10 July 1849. Trovas e Cantares occupies pp. (1) – 296, followed by 1.º ...
£380
[Uruguay.]
Memoria de la Comisión Directiva de la Sociedad de Amigos de la Educación Popular. Año 1883.
8vo. 12 pp. Recent quarter calf (head & foot of spine worn). Short tears in outer margins, printing fault in last f. with loss of a few letters.
The Sociedad de Amigos de la Educación Popular was created in 1868 by José Pedro Varela, a writer and politician, who wished to develop in Uruguay ideas which he had seen in practice in the...
£60
[Turkey.]
Relaçaõ da grande Guerra Civil, que ha na Turquia, em que tem havido muita mortandade no Imperio do Sultaõ. Traduzida de varias cartas, que tem vindo da Corte de Constantinopla.
8vo. 7 pp. Wrappers. Title printed on p. 1.
Though historians define 1757 as a period of peace in Turkey, the writer relates that oppressive taxation had led 40,000 people to rebel, and the Grand Sultan had fled to Russia where he had raised troops. A lack of leadership had caused confusion, and various military leaders vied for power. ...
£80
[Tunis.]
Noticia da Festividade que na Ilha de Malta se celebrou no Baptismo do Rey de Tunes, Na qual se refere a pompa com que se celebrou aquelle solemne acto, quem foraõ os Padrinhos, e outras circumstancias dignas de eterna memoria.
8vo. 8 pp. Wrappers. Some browning, margins frayed.
The King of Tunis had been driven from his kingdom; in Malta he was instructed in the Catholic faith by the Knights of Malta, and was baptized there with great pomp in a lavish ceremony.
Not in Innocêncio.
£50
TRUXILLO, Manuel María
Exhortacion Pastoral, Avisos Importantes y Reglamentos Utiles, que para la mejor observancia de la Disciplina Regular, é ilustracion de la Literatura en todas las Provincias y Colegios Apostólicos de América y Filipinas expone, y publica . .
Small 4to. (2) ff., 240 pp. With l folding table showing the distribution of the Franciscan Missions. Contemporary quarter calf (foot of spine worn). Lacks half title p. Pp. 191-204 & folding table slightly damp-stained, small paper fault in p. 159/60 without loss of text.
As Commissary-General of the Indies of...
£450
[Treaty of San Ildefonso.]
Tratado preliminar de Paz, e de Limites na America Meridional, relativo aos Estados, que nella possuem as Coroas de Portugal, e de Hespanha, assinada em Madrid pelos plenipotenciários de Suas Magestades Fidelissima, e Catholica, em o primeiro de outubro de MDCCLXXVII, e ratificado por ambas as Magestades.
4to. 31 pp. Wrappers.
The historic Treaty of San Ildefonso, drawn up by the Conde de Floridablanca and Queen Maria Ana Victoria, dowager Queen of Portugal, finally established the boundaries in South America between Spain and Portugal, after nearly three centuries of political wrangles. By its terms Portugal ceded to Spain Colônia...
£280
TRAVASSOS, Francisco de Paula
Methodo de Reducção das distancias observadas no calculo da longitudes, Precedido do Exame Analytico sobre os Methodos de determinar a Distancia pelas Alturas sómente, e o de Reducção de Mr. de Bordà.
Small 8vo. 44 pp., (100) ff. with “Taboa dos Factores” and “Taboa dos Cosenos”showing mathematical tables. With 3 folding plates with calculations. Recent quarter calf.
The author, a member of the Portuguese Royal Academy of Sciences, promotes the method of...
£150
[THOMAZ, Manuel Fernandes]
Carta do Compadre de Lisboa em resposta a outra do Compadre de Belem, ou juizo critico sobre a opinião publica, Dirigida pelo Astro da Lusitania.
8vo. 23 pp. Half calf. With the bookplate of Luiz Pastor de Macedo on p. (2). Title p. slightly dust soiled.
The article contains the infamous vitriolic attack describing Brazil as a land of Negroes captured on the coasts of Africa, of monkeys, snakes and fevers (pp. 13-18) which provoked an outburst of furious pamphlets and newspaper...
£380
[Tin Mining.]
Descripção da Mina de Estanho do Ramalhosos e Portella da Gaiva na Serra do Marão. Freguezia de S. Payo de Anciães, concelho de Amarante, districto do Porto.
8vo. 16 pp. Original printed wrappers. Unopened copy.
The report of a survey made with a view to developing tin mining near Amarante, to transport the metal to Porto and thence to England for smelting and then reimport it into Portugal. The government of António Maria Fontes Pereira de Melo was anxious to develop Portugal’s mineral...
£40
TELLES, José Homem Correa
Doutrina das Acções accommodada ao Foro de Portugal.
Small 4to.
First edition of an influential work on the legal system in Portugal....
£100
TEJADA, Antonio Gil de
Guía de Lóndres. Nueva edicion.
8vo. vii, 264 pp. With 16 attractive steel engravings of London scenes. Original cloth. Large folding map of London in facsimile.
Written at a time of rapid and excited industrial and financial expansion in the capital, the author gives a synopsis of British history, current military and financial information, a survey of municipal and...
£95
[Teatro de Cordel.] [Anon.]
Disputa divertida, das grandes bulhas que teve hum homem com sua Mulher, por lhe não quer deitar huns fundilhos n’uns calções velhos, obra alegre e necessaria para a gente, que for cazada.
Small 4to. 12 pp. Quarter cloth.
The short play or intermezzo is a lively “dispute” between a man and his wife in which the former chastises the latter for her lack of obedience. The popularity throughout Portugal of the teatro de cordel plays continued well into the 20th century. Many of the comedias were...
£200
[Teatro de Cordel.] [Anon.]
Practica de tres Pastores, a saber, Rodrigo, Loirenço, e Sylvestre, A os quaes apparecendo-lhe o Anjo a noyte de Natal, espantados chamaõ hum ao outro.
8vo. 24 pp. With woodcut on title p. Wrappers. Outer margin of title p. worn.
A retelling in popular form of the story of the annunciation to the shepherds of Christ’s birth. Bell comments on the delightful description (p. 6) of an old peasant reading from the Bible to the whole village (Portuguese Literature, p. 338). ...
£250
[TAVARES, José da Silva]
Lições elementares de Geographia e Chronologia, com seu atlas appropriado, accommodadas ao estado de conhecimentos e mais circumstancias dos alumnos da aula de Arithmetica, Geometria, Geographia e Chronologia do Real Collegio das Artes da Universidade de Coimbra.
4to. (2) ff., 92 pp, with 3 folding engraved plates of an armillary sphere, movement of the planets & geometrical diagrams. Quarter calf (head of spine worn). Some very occasional spotting.
An interesting insight into early 19th century Portuguese education. The author describes physical geography, the theories of political geography,...
£150
[TAVARES, Francisco]
Instrucções e Cautelas Practicas sobre a natureza, differentes especies, virtudes em geral, e uso legitimo das aguas mineraes, principalmente de Caldas; com a noticia daquellas, que são conhecidas em cada huma das Provincias do Reino de Portugal, e o methodo de preparar as aguas artificiaes. 2 parts in 1 vol.
8vo. XXIV, 350 pp., (1) f. with errata; VIII, 174 pp., (1) f. with errata. With 2 plates & 1 diagram, both folding. Recent half calf, spine gilt. Ownership signature & stamp on title p., very occasional spotting, tear repaired in upper margin of plate III, tiny burn hole in Vol. I, p. 182/83 with loss of 3 letters.
Though mineral spas in...
£380
TABORDA, José da Cunha
Regras da Arte da Pintura, Com breves Reflexões Criticas sobre os caracteres distinctivos de suas Escolas, Vidas, e Quadros de seus mais célebres Professores. Escritas na Lingoa Italiana por Michael Angelo Prunetti . . Accresce Memoria dos mais famosos Pintores Portuguezes, e dos melhores Quadros seus que escrevia o Traductor.
Small 4to. xxii pp., (1) f., 272 pp., (1) f. With vignette drawn by the translator & engraved by D.J. Silva on title p. Recent half morocco.
The author of this rare work was one of the most celebrated artists of early 19th century Portugal, and considered by José Augusto França (‘A arte em Portugal,’ v. I, p. 116) to be among the most innovative of his...
£450
[Sugar.]
Decreto sobre os Direitos, que deve pagar o assucar nas Alfandegas deste Reino. De 27 de Janeiro de 1751.
Folio. (2) ff. Wrappers.
"As sugar and tobacco were taxed so heavily that they ceased to be competitive with sugar and tobacco produced in the English, French and Dutch colonies, steps were taken to lighten export duties and reduce freight charges. Inspection offices were set up in 1751 in Bahia, Recife, Rio de Janeiro and São Luís de...
£30
STOOTER, João
Arte de Brilhantes Vernizes, & das tinturas. Fazelas, & o como obrar com ellas. E dos Ingredientes de que o dito se deve compor huma larga explicaçaõ, da origem, & naturezas; proprios para os Mestres Torneiros, Pintores, & Escultures. Como taõ-bem huma oferta, De 18, ou 20, receitas curiozas, & necessarias para: Os ourives de ouro, prata, & os relogoeiros, & mais Artistas.
8vo. (4) ff., 65, (5), 39 pp. (1) blank p., pp. 40-63 (half title p. in excellent facsimile). Later vellum over boards. Half-title p. with sonnet to the author in facsimile, near contemporary marginalia on p. 43 & 15, occasional ink annotations and some faint staining.
First edition of this very rare work. Lacquer-work or japanning...
£800
[Stipends.]
Alvará . . pelo qual V. Magestade he servido declarar os sallarios, assignaturas, e mais proes, e precalsos, que devem haver os Ouvidores, Juizes, e mais Officiaes nos seus Dominios de America, nas Comarcas de Beira-mar, e Certidaõ; excepto o das Minas . . . (Dated 10 October 1754.)
Folio. 14 pp. Wrappers.
"Pombal . . introduced legislation designed to reduce corruption in the judicial system. By fixing the stipends of magistrates and officers of justice in the various comarcas . . the oppression suffered by plaintiffs and prisoners was alleviated" (Colonial Brazil, ed. Bethell, p. 258).
...
£45
[STAPLETON, Augustus Granville]
An Authentic Account of Mr. Canning’s Policy with respect to the Constitutional Charter of Portugal, in reply to “Observations on the Papers laid before Parliament.”
8vo. Pp. (3)-50, (1) pp. Boards. Lacks half-title p.
First edition. The work examines Canning’s role in his relations with Dom Pedro IV of Portugal (& I of Brazil) and his part in the adoption of a Portuguese constitutional charter. It defends Canning against accusations of interfering in Portuguese affairs. After...
£80
SOYÉ, Luiz Rafael
Sonho. Poema erotico, que as beneficas mãos do Nosso Augusto, e Amabilissimo Principe do Brasil offerece . . .
Small 8vo. lxxxviii, 125pp., with engraved frontispiece, vignette on the title p. & 16 coloured vignettes. Contemporary calf. P. 88 misnumbered 85, small wormhole in gutter margin of pp. xlv-14, just touching text in 2 ff. but not detracting from it, & in lower margin of pp. 29-38.
The work is most notable for the attractive portrait and charming...
£400
SOUSA PINTO, Antonio José de
Vademecum do Cirurgião, ou Tratado de Symptomas, causas, diagnosis, prognosis, e tratamento das molestias cirurgicas, e suas correspondentes operações, incluindo O Diccionario Etymologico dos termos da Arte; a Pharmacopea Cirurgica, ou Selecção de Fórmulas adaptadas ao uso interno, e externo: em que se descrevem o uso, virtudo, e dose dos remedios nas molestias a que se fazem applicaveis. Com hum appendice, ou Breve Tratado de Cirurgia Forense, ou Legal . .
Small 4to. (3) ff., 354, 50, xix pp. Near contemporary calf (upper hinge cracked, corners bumped, some traces of worming in front cover). Ownership signature across title p. Traces of worming in front free end-paper, some annotations in ink, otherwise a good copy.
A handbook for surgeons by the principal Portuguese pharmacist of the early...
£250
SOUSA PINTO, Antonio José de
Materia medica distribuida em classes e ordens segundo seus effeitos, Em que plenamente se appontão suas virtudes, doses, e molestias, a que se fazem applicaveis, addiccionada com as Taboas da Materia Medica, Methodicamente seguidas de selectas, originaes, e copiosas fórmulas, e de hum Diccionario Nosologico, ou Nomenclatura Synonomica das molestias, symptomas, vicios, e affecções da Natureza, para uso dos estudantes, e praticos modernos.
Small 4to. 424 pp., (3) ff. Contemporary calf (rubbed). Internally a good copy.
First edition. The first part covers such medical topics as stimulants, diuretics, expectorants, emetics, sedatives, worm treatments and anti-acids, and is followed by Taboas da...
£250
SOLANO, Francisco Ignacio
Novo tratado de musica metrica, e rythmica, o qual ensina a acompanhar no cravo, Orgão, ou outro qualquer Instrumento, em que se possão regular todas as Especies, de que se compõe a Harmonia da mesma Musica. Demonstra-se este assumpto prática, e theoricamente, e tratão-se tambem algunas cousas parciaes do contraponto, e da composição . .
Small 4to. XVI ff., 301, (1) pp. With extensive musical notation, diagram of harpsichord keyboard on p. 2 & of “signos unisonos” on p 257. Contemporary calf. Ink markings on p. 294.
Solano dominated Portuguese music theory in his century, and in addition to his work as a theorist he was a gifted teacher. From 1779 he directed...
£750
SOLANO, Francisco Ignacio
Nova Instrucção Musical, ou theorica practica da Musica Rythmica, com a qual se fórma, e ordena sobre os mais solidos fundamentos hum Novo Methodo, e verdadeiro Systema para constituir hum intelligente Solfista, e destrissimo Cantor, nomeando as Nótas, ou Figuras da Solfa pelos seus mais proprios, e improprios nomes, a que chamamos ordinarios, e extraordinarios no Canto Natural, e Accidental, de que procede toda a difficuldade da Musica.
4to. (30) ff., 340 pp., with 1 large folding f. with “Epilogo enigmatico,” (2) ff., 47, (1) pp. Recent quarter leather (rubbed). Unopened copy. Some dust staining in upper margin, slit repaired in upper margin of p. 35/36 of Part II & tiny hole with loss of page number.
Solano dominated Portuguese theory in the mid-18th ...
£400
SOLANO, Francisco Ignacio
Exame instructivo sobre a musica multiforme, metrica, e rythmica, No qual se pergunta, e dá resposta de muitas cousas interessantes para o Solfejo, Contraponto, e Composição: Seus termos privativos, Regras, e Preceitos, segundo a melhor Pratica, e verdadeira Theorica . . .
Small 8vo. (10) ff., 289 pp., (1) f. Near contemporary calf (lacking label, joints rubbed, corners bumped). Some very occasional staining.
“The Exame instructivo, his only work to be translated (into Spanish in 1818), remains an indispensable guide to Portuguese Baroque musical terminology” (New Grove). Solano...
£300
[Admiral Sir Sidney Smith.]
Autograph letter dated 8 April, 1815, signed A. Cunningham to Admiral Sir Sidney Smith concerning his estate at Praya Grande (present-day Niterói) near Rio de Janeiro.
4to 6 pp.
D. João, the Prince Regent, who ruled the Portuguese empire in the name of his deranged mother, Dª. Maria, had showered titles and rewards on those British officials who had conveyed him to Brazil in recognition of their services; Sir Sidney Smith had been given "a villa with a good deal of land which he named Chacara de Braganza" (John Barrow, Life and...
£90
[Slave Trade.]
Documentos Relativos ao Apresamento, Julgamento e Entrega da Barca Francesa Charles et Georges e em geral ao engajamento de negros, debaixo da denominação de trabalhadores livres nas Possessões da Coroa de Portugal na Costa Oriental e Occidental de Africa para as Colonias Francezas apresentados ás Cortes na Sessão Legislativa de 1858.
Folio. (2) ff., 249, 16, XVIII pp., (1) f. with errata. Contemporary quarter cloth (rubbed). Copy partly unopened. Some slight spotting on preliminary pp. & on end papers. (Signature 26 incorrectly signed 25 on p. 101, signature 30 unsigned on p. 117).
The documents relating to the famous case of the French barque, the Charles...
£300
[Slave Trade.]
Alvará, por que Vossa Magestade, declarando . . o Alvará de dez de Setembro de mil setecentos sessenta e sinco; e outro Alvará de dous de Junho de mil setecentos sessenta e seis; e as faculdades para passarem a Moçambique os Navios do Negocios do Brazil: Manda, que todos os Navios, que passarem de quaesquer, ou de qualquer dos Portos dos seus Dominios de America, e Africa aos que jazem além do Cabo da Boa Esperança, sejam obrigados a voltar em direita viagem para o Porto de Lisboa, sem fazerem escala alguma, que não seja a de Angola; e sem que alli possam vender fazenda alguma . . . (Dated 12 Dec. 1772)
Folio. (2) ff. Wrappers.
Pombal forbade direct commerce between Mozambique and Brazil, to include the purchase of slaves in that country where they were cheaper, and of goods imported from India. "At various times . . the Crown tightened up the avenues of legal trade within the empire . . to prevent the smuggling of goods . . in 1772 direct commerce...
£65
[Slaves.]
Alvará com força de Ley . . prohibir, que se possam carregar, nem transportar escravos Pretos de hum, e outro sexo dos pórtos da America, Africa, e Asia, para os destes Reinos de Portugal, e dos Algarves; applicando as penas nelle declaradas a todos os que contravierem a dita Ley, passado o termo de seis mezes, a respeito dos primeiros, e segundos dos referidos pórtos, e hum anno a respeito dos terceiros . . . (Dated 19 September 1761.)
Folio. 4 pp. Wrappers.
The law abolishing slavery in Portugal. “An alvará of 19 September 1761 declared that all Negro slaves landed in Portuguese ports after the space of six months from the date of publication in Brazil and Africa (after a year in Asia) would automatically become free persons. The wording of the decree makes it clear...
£70
SILVA PAES, José da
Cartas do Brigadeiro . . para Martinho Mendonça de P. Pina, governador de Minas Gerais (1735-1738). Copia feita em 1939 por Artur da Mota Alves e de propriedade da Biblioteca Riograndense da Cidade do Rio Grande.
8vo. 30 pp. Original printed wrappers.
In return for the right to make land grants and collect certain fees there, Silva Paes, a highly competent professional soldier, wished to colonize Rio Grande do Sul, and 32 letters are reproduced here. He had been is ordered to ensure the Portuguese possession of the Lagoa dos Patos by fortifying key positions...
£20
[Silk weavers.]
Alvará, porque Vossa Magestade ha por bem declarar, que todos os Fabricantes de Sedas destes Reinos, em cujos Officinas se acharem dous Teares ao menos, sejaõ privilegiados com Aposen-tadoria passiva, para effeito de naõ serem expulsos das Casas alugadas, em que houverem estabelecido os referidos Teares . . . (Dated 3 March 1761.)
Folio. (1) f. Wrappers. Small wormhole in outer margin.
Silk weavers living in rented houses in Porto and the provinces were to be granted the same rights in retirement as those in Lisbon, and could not be evicted from their dwellings. Pombal "had seen industrial concentrations in Britain grow from individual units where initially...
£65
[Seville.]
Regla de la muy Humilde y Real Hermandad de la Hospitalidad de la Santa Caridad de N. Señor Jesuchristo, sita en su casa y hospital del Señor San Jorge de la Ciudad de Sevilla.
8vo. (1) f., vi, 197 pp., (1 blank) f., 13 pp. With portrait of Don Miguel Mañara de Leca & 1 allegorical plate, both engraved by Joaquin Bullester. Later quarter calf (head of spine & lower joint worn). Faint stain in upper margin of title p., some very occasional spotting, otherwise a good copy.
The alms-house of Hospital de la Caridad in...
£300
SEMPERE y GUARINOS, Juan
Historia del Luxo, y de las Leyes Suntuarias de España.
Small 8vo. 2 vols. in l. I: 24, 200 pp.; II: (l) f., 219 pp. Later half calf. Ownership stamp on title pp., paragraph on Vol. I, p. 16/17 lightly crossed through, tip of corner of p. 27/8 cut off, short tear repaired in top margin of Vol. II, p. 141/2.
First edition. In this carefully argued work Sempere...
£800
ANTONIO, Bento
Relaçam da famoza batalha de Chottcsitz junto de Czaslaw na Bohemia O dia de 17. de Mayo de 1742. Final derrota do Exercito Prusiano pelo invencivel Exercito Austriaco, Comendado pelo Principe Carlos de Lorena, e a acçaõ do dia 25. do mesmo mez, pelo Principe de Locuvis em Furemberg, contra 38 U. Francezes, comendados pelos Marescaes Belisle, e Broglio.
8vo. 7 pp. Wrappers.
As part of Frederick the Great's campaign to annex Silesia he marched his forces into Moravia. The Prussians were at first defeated at the battle of Chotusitz, south of the Elbe, on 17 May 1742, by the Austrian army commanded by Prince Charles of Lorraine, but Frederick later counter-attacked and won the day. The Peace...
£60
SEQUEIRA [RIBERO do PRADO], Angelo de
Livro do Vinde, e Vede, e do Sermam do dia do Juizo Universal, em que se chama todos os viventes para virem, e verem Humas leves sombras do ultimo dia o mais tremendo, e rigoroso do mundo. Offerecido ao Serenissimo senhor D. Pedro Infante de Portugal . . .
Small 4to. (11) ff., 255 pp., (1) p. with errata. Contemporary calf (corners bumped, some traces of worming in back cover). Some ink annotations & some very occasional spotting, some traces of marginal worming in pp. 63-130, in lower margin of pp. 143-158 & 182-204...
£750
[Anon.]
Segunda Revolução e Triumpho da Liberdade em França. (Dated 3 de Agosto de 1830).
8vo. 4 pp. Tiny wormhole in inner margin.
The pamphlet brings news of the fall of Charles X and the revolution which was to establish King Louis-Philippe in power.
Ramos, A edição da língua portuguesa em França, 187. Not in Innocêncio or COPAC.
£30
SEBASTIAN y LATRE, Thomas
Relacion individual, y veridica del sucesso acontecido en la ciudad de Zaragoza, el dia 6. de abril de 1766. y de todos sus demas progressos. Formado de orden de S.M. . .
Small 4to. 132 pp. With 3 folding tables listing those who helped to pacify the revolt. Contemporary vellum (small tear in spine). Tiny hole in top right hand corner of preliminary leaves.
Riots against the dictatorial rulings of the Marques of Esquilache and the increased price of bread flared up in Spain in 1766, among the most celebrated being...
£250
[SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE, Wilhelm, Count von Lippe]
Regulamento para o Exercicio, e disciplina dos regimentos da Cavallaria dos Exercitos de Sua Magestade Fidelissima, Feito por ordem do mesmo Senhor por Sua Alteza O Conde Reinante de Schaumbourg Lippe, Marechal General.
Small 8vo. (2) ff., 236 pp., with 3 folding plates; 53 pp.; 31 pp. Contemporary calf (some worming in foot of spine). Tear repaired in inner margin of 1 plate, some traces of worming in endpapers.
Together with:- Instrucçoens geraes relativas a varias partes essenciaes do serviço diario para o Exercito de S....
£250
[Sardinia.]
Relaçaõ Veridica do Lamentavel incendio, que a 29 do mez de Junho do anno de 1751. succedeo no Reyno de Sardenha Copiada de huma Carta, que daquelle Reyno veyo a esta Corte de Madrid a qual se traduzio em Portuguez, N.A.D.S.P.
8vo. 7 pp. Wrappers.
An account of a disastrous fire in an unnamed town in Sardinia on St. Peter's day, apparently caused by fireworks. The fire raged until midday of the following day, almost totally destroying the town.
Palha 4073, "pièce peu commune." Not in Innocêncio or BL Cat. WorldCat lists 1 copy only.
...
£50
SANTAREM, Manuel Francisco de Barros e Sousa de Mesquita de Macedo Leitão e Carvalhosa (2º Visconde de)
A statement of facts, proving the right of the Crown of Portugal to the territories situated on the western coast of Africa, laying between the fifth degree and twelve minutes, and the eighth degree of south latitude; consequently, to the territories of Molembo, Cabinda and Ambriz.
Small 4to. 44 pp. Publishers' blue stamped cloth. Some foxing in preliminary & end pp.
First edition of the English translation which is important for Portuguese claims to the lower Congo. Trading posts of several colonial powers had been established in Cabinda since the 15th century, and latterly there had been rivalry...
£200
SANTAREM, Manuel Francisco de Barros e Sousa de Mesquita de Macedo Leitão e Carvalhosa (2º Visconde de)
Noticia dos manuscriptos pertencentes ao Direito Publico Externo Diplomatico de Portugal, e á Historia, e Litteratura do mesmo Paiz, que existem na Bibliotheca R. de Paris, e outras, da mesma Capital, e nos archivos de França. Examinados, e colligidos . .
Small 4to. (2) ff., pp. (1)-8, 8A (verso blank), 9-105, (2) ff. with catalogue of publications. Contemporary quarter calf. A fine copy.
First edition thus of an important early catalogue listing Portuguese manuscripts in the French archives. The Visconde de Santarem, an outstanding 19th century Portuguese bibliophile,...
£350
SANTAREM, Manuel Francisco de Barros e Sousa de Mesquita de Macedo Leitão e Carvalhosa (2º Visconde de)
Memorias para a Historia, e Theoria das Cortes Geraes, que em Portugal se Celebrarão pelos Tres Estados do Reino, ordenadas, e compostas neste anno de 1824. Parte 1ª.
Small 4to. VI pp., (3) ff., 49 pp. Recent cloth. Library stamp & small stain on title p.
The Portuguese Cortes had been revived during D. João VI’s absence in Brazil. Reproducing passages from documents in the Portuguese Royal Archives (Torre do Tombo) the author traces the history of the Cortes from their...
£70
SANTA ANNA, Joaquim José de
Elementos de Cirurgia Ocular, offerecidos a Sua Alteza Real o Senhor D. João Principe do Brazil.
Small 4to. VIII, 279 pp., with 3 folding engraved plates showing an optical operation & surgical instruments (1 drawn by Silva & engraved by Queiros). Contemporary calf. Contemporary manuscript annotations on front free endpaper, Ex Libris stamp on pp. (III) & V, tiny wormhole in lower margin throughout, larger in pp. 127-164,with the loss of 9 letters,...
£500
[SANCHES, Antonio Nunes Ribeiro]
Tratado da Conservaçaõ da Saude dos Povos; Obra util, e igualmente necessaria a os Magistrados, Capitaens Generais, Capitaens de Mar, e Guerra, Prelados, Abbadessas, Medicos, e Pays de Familias: Com hum Appendix, Consideraçoins sobre os Terremotos, com a noticia dos mais consideraveis, de que fas mençaõ a Historia, e dos ultimos que se sinteraõ na Europa desde o 1 de Novembro 1755.
8vo. xiii, (iii), 293 pp. Contemporary calf, spine gilt. Occasional very slight marginal worming, marginal tear due to paper fault on p. 143/4.
First edition of this book by Portugal's most famous 18th century physician. It was printed in Paris at the author's expense, and he intended that it should serve as a basis for legislation by those...
£500
[SANCHES, Antonio Nunes Ribeiro]
Tratado da Conservaçaõ da Saude dos Povos: Obra util, e igualmente necessaria a os Magistrados, Capitaens Generais, Capitaens de Mar, e Guerra, Prelados, Abbadessas, Medicos, e Pays de Familias. Com hum Appendix, Consideraçoens sobre os Terremotos, com a noticia dos mais consideraveis, de que faz mençaõ a Historia, e deste ultimo que se sinteraõ na Europa no 1 de Novembro de 1755.
Small 4to. (8), 368 (misnumbered 568) pp. Contemporary calf (head of spine worn, corners bumped). A few traces of worming in outer margin of f. (3) - p. 50 & upper margin of pp. 359-366, signatures Pp-Yy discoloured.
"Ribeiro Sanches contributed a long practical treatise on public health, to be used as a primer by those charged...
£350
SAN ALBERTO, José Antonio de
Carta pastoral que el Ilustrísimo Señor Don Fray ... Arzobispo de La Plata, Dirige a Todos los que en el pasado Concurso han sido nombrados, y elegidos para Curas.
4to. (2) ff., 676 pp. Later vellum (lacking ties). Signature 4H repeated, erased ink inscription to foot of title, lower hinge broken, occasional marginal annotations, otherwise a fine copy.
First edition. In his Pastoral letter, dated Cochabamba, 24 November 1790, the author exhorts and encourages his clergy in...
£600
SAMPAIO, Luis J. de
Question portugaise. Documens authentiques et officiels concernant les affaires du Portugal, depuis 1824, jusqu’à 1829, Traduits en Français.
8vo. xii, 204 pp. Wrappers. Some occasional foxing & discolouration.
With the intention of informing a French-reading public about the intricacies of the succession to the Portuguese throne, the author translated into French most of the documents in Manifesto dos direitos de Sua Magestade Fidelissima, a Senhora Dona Maria...
£90
SALVÁ, Vicente, J.B. GUIN & F. de P. NORIEGA
Nuevo Diccionario Frances-Español y Español-Frances, con la pronunciacion figurada en ambas lenguas, arreglado con presencia de los materiales reunidos para esta obra . . Nouveau Dictionnnaire Espagnol-Français et Français-Espagnol . . . 14th edition. 2 vols.
8vo. I: (3) ff., VIII. 888 pp.; (3) ff., 650 pp. Original cloth.
This edition not in Palau.
£30
SALVÁ y MALLEN, Pedro
Catálogo de la Biblioteca de Salvá . . . enriquecido con la descripción de otras muchas obras, de sus ediciones, etc. 2 vols.
4to. I: xxxii, 706, (1) pp.; II: (2) ff., 900 pp. Profusely illustrated with numerous reproductions of title pp., etc. Quarter brown morocco (spines faded). Small hole in outer margin of Vol. I, p. 347/8 due to paper fault with loss of 1 letter. Short tear repaired in upper margin of Vol. II, p. 899/900.
£150
SALDANHA d'OLIVEIRA e DAUN, João Carlos
Observaçoes . . sobre a carta, que os membros da junta do Porto dirigiraô a S.M. o Imperador do Brazil, em 5 d'agosto de l828, e mandaraô publicar no Paquête de Portugal em outubro de 1829.
8vo. 43 pp. Original wrappers.
"A politician with the renown of a general and a gift for conspiracy" (Livermore, History of Portugal, p. 422). Saldanha had fled to London when the tide of absolutism in Portugal seemed unstoppable, and there assumed the leadership of the most radical Portuguese...
£70
[St. John Liccio.]
Recopilação da vida do B. João Licio Siciliano, Confessor, da Ordem dos Prégadores, Advogado contra as dores de cabeça, e proximamente beatificado pela Santidade de Benedicto XIV. Nosso Senhor. Por Decreto de 14. de Fevereiro de 1753. Ordenada por hum devoto, E dada à luz pelo mesmo.
8vo. 15 pp. Wrappers.
The cultus of Blessed Giovanni Liccio was approved by Pope Benedict XIV in 1753. Giovanni Liccio took the habit of St. Dominic and established a house of his order in Caccamo in Sicily where he became prior in 1494, his administration being marked by great virtue and many marvels. He died in 1511....
£25
SAEZ, Liciniano
Demonstracion histórica del verdadero valor de todas las monedas que corrian en Castilla durante el Reynado del Señor Don Enrique IV, y de su correspondencia con las del Señor D. Carlos IV. Con un apéndice de instrumentos que justifican el valor de las mismas: noticia de los precios de los granos, carnes, pescados, jornales de labradores y artistas en aquel tiempo, y su equivalencia á las monedas actuales; y algunos otros documentos útiles y curiosos . . Publícala la misma real Academia (de la Historia).
4to. XX, 580 pp., 1 f. with errata. With 3 engraved plates (1 folding) of reproductions of coins. Recent quarter vellum.
"Obra importante y de consulta para la Numismática española de la Edad Media, por las muchas...
£300
SÁ, José Antonio de
Dissertações philosophico-politicas sobre o Trato das Sedas na Comarca de Moncorvo.
Small 4to. (4) ff., XIII pp., (1) f., 175 pp. With 1 folding plate of a silk-weaving loom. Half calf. Lacks front free endpaper & half-title p., signature V slightly discoloured.
An interesting and curious early work on silk manufacture in Torre de Moncorvo. The author, who was a director of the Royal Silk Factory and was...
£250
[SÁ, José Antonio de]
Defeza dos Direitos Nacionaes e Reaes da Monarquia Portugueza. Segunda Edição, corrigida, e consideravelmente accrescentada. 2 vols.
Small 4to. I: (21) ff., including 3 engraved dedicatory ff., LXI (1 blank), 262 pp., 3 plates; II: (4) ff., XXIV, 426 pp., vignettes on title pp. of both vols. Later half calf. Short marginal tear repaired in Vol. I, p. 189-190, some spotting on Vol. II, p. 1, otherwise internally a fine copy.
A beautifully printed book illustrated by two of the...
£350
[Royal Exchequer.]
Alvará, por que Vossa Magestade ha por bem extinguir o Conselho da Fazenda, e o emprego de Provedor della na Capitania da Bahia, e de crear hum lugar de Intendente da Marinha, e Armazens Reaes da mesma Capitanía, dando as necessarias providencias para evitar o prejuizo da sua Real Fazenda, e favorecer os interesses dos seus Vassallos naquelle Continente . . . (Dated 3 March 1770.)
Folio. 10 pp. Wrappers. Tiny wormhole in inner margin not affecting text.
By 1770 the Luso-Brazilian economic situation had begun to deteriorate, and the crown’s income fell sharply. Pombal criticized the civic administrators of Bahia, previously the capital city of Brazil, for slovenly practices and ordered a reorganization of the...
£70
ROMERO y LARRAÑAGA, Gregorio
Poesías . . publicadas bajo los auspicios del Liceo Artistico y Literario de Madrid.
8vo. XV, 339 pp. Contemporary calf. Occasional browning.
The volume assembles poems by Romero y Larrañaga previously published in journals and periodicals from 1836 to 1841, and shows a markedly Romantic nature.
Palau 277563.
£40
[ROLLAND, Francisco]. F.R.I.L.E.L.
Adagios, proverbios, rifãos, e anexins da Lingua Portugueza, Tirados dos melhores Autores Nacionaes, e recopilados por ordem Alfabetica.
8vo. 341, (3) pp. Original calf (head of spine slightly worn). Ownership signature on title p. Some slight discolouration throughout, slight traces of worming on lower margin of pp. 309-320 & 339-(3) not affecting text.
First edition. Azevedo-Samodães considered the work to be the most extensive collection of...
£250
ROLANDO, Guzmán
Nuevo Arte de Esgrima, conforme la practica de los mejores maestros de Europa. Aumentado y Corregido por J.S. Forsyth; y Traducido del Ingles por un Militar Español.
12mo. xvi, 194 pp., (3) ff. with catalogue of recent publications. With 23 coloured engraved plates. Contemporary red calf (head of spine skilfully repaired, lower corners bumped). Dedication in ink on front flyleaf, front hinge weak, some occasional spotting & discolouration.
The book is illustrated with 23 attractive coloured plates and gives...
£480
ROGER, Joseph
Relaçaõ dos successos prosperos, e infelices do . . Senhor D. Luiz Mascarenhas, Conde de Alva, Vice-Rey em os Estados da India, referida a todo o tempo de seu governo, e ao acomettimento da Fortaleza de Pondá aonde perdeo a vida.
Small 4to. (2) ff., 21 pp., (1) f. with licences. Wrappers.
D. Luis Mascarenhas served as viceroy of Portuguese India in 1754-56. He concluded a treaty with the local Indian ruler which enabled the Christian missionaries to continue their work of evangelising in his territories. But, although successful at first, his military alliance with...
£100
[Anon.]
Relaçaõ dos Usos, e Costumes da Nova, e disfórme gente, que em terra de novo descuberta, Na altura decincoenta gráos do Sul achou hum navio da companhia de Dinamarca, que vindo da India Oriental, ao passar o Cabo da Boa Esperança, encontrou hum vento Noroeste taó rijo, que o obrigou a correr muitos dias a poupa em arvor secca. Escrita por hum dos da comitiva da dita náo, e traduzida da lingua Franceza na Portugueza por hum curioso Lisbonense. Together with: Segunda Relação dos Usos, e Costumes da Nova, e Disforme Gente, Que em terra novamente descuberta, em altura de cincoenta gráos ao Sul, achou num Navio Dinamarquez; escrita por hum dos da comitiva da dita Náo; E traduzida da lingua Franceza na Portugueza . .
8vo. 16 pp. Wrappers. With woodcut of ship on title page. Title of first item on p. (1).
The work describes two voyages, one in 1693 and the other in 1748 in which a Danish ship was blown off course to a snow-covered land and a Portuguese ship, though bound for India, suffered the same fate. The author describes the inhabitants, some of whom...
£130
[Real Colegio de Nobres.]
Estatutos do Collegio Real de Nobres da Corte, e Cidade de Lisboa. (Carta porque Vossa Magestade havendo respeito aos motivos que nella vaõ expressos: Ha por bem restabelecer na sua Corte, e Cidade de Lisboa em lugar dos outros uteis, e fructuozos Collegios, que haviaõ sido abolidos, hum Collegio com o Titulo de Collegio Real de Nobres; para nelle se educarem cem Porcionistas distinctos pelo seu nascimento; e para o conservar sempre no seu inteiro dominio, e na sua immediata, e privativa Protecçaõ; dando logo ao mesmo Real Collegio para o seu Governo os Estatutos estabelecidos na mesma Carta . . .) (Dated 7 March 1761.)
Folio. (1) f., 22 pp. Wrappers.
Together with:- Alvará, por que Vossa Magestade . . he servido ampliar, e declarar a Instituição Primordial do Real Collegio de Nobres, dada em sete de Março de mil setecentos sesenta e hum . . . (Dated 13 March 1772.) Folio. 6 pp. Wrappers. (Lisbon), Na Regia...
£120
RAMONEDA, Ignacio Gali de
Arte de Canto-Llano. Compendiado por el P.Fr. Juan Rodó . . para que los particulares adquieran con brevedad y poco trabajo la inteligencia y destreza conveniente.
Small 4to. 184 pp., (2) ff. Contemporary calf. With ownership signature on title p. & verso of last f. Traces of worming in upper gutter margin of pp. 1 - 10, on last f. & end free end-paper.
"(Ramoneda) became a monk in the order of St. Jerome at the monastery of El Escorial where he taught plainsong and remained until his...
£220
[Railways.]
Refutação Analytica do Relatorio, Medidas Financeiras, e Contractos sobre Caminhos de Ferro, que apresentou á Camara dos Srs. Deputados em Sessões de 8 e 29 de Fevereiro do corrente anno o Exm. Sr. Antonio Maria de Fontes Pereira de Mello, Ministro e Secretario de Estado dos Negocios da Fazenda e interino das Obras Publicas, pedindo á mesma Camara a Approvação de taes Medidas e Contractos.
8vo. (1) f., 66 pp., (2) ff. Original printed front wrapper preserved (worn). Copy partly unopened.
Antonio Maria de Fontes Pereira de Mello, one of Portugal’s most energetic 19th century politicians, created the Ministry of Public Works, and was the driving force behind the plans to build railways in Portugal. He raised large loans on the London...
£50
RACINE, Jean
Iphigènia. Tragèdia . . Traduzida em verso portuguez, e offerecida como uma prova da mais sincera gratidão. Ao Ill.mo e Ex.mo Senhor Cypriano Ribeiro Freire, do Consêlho de S.M. o Rey Nosso Senhor, seu Ministro Plenipotenciario em Londres, &c. &c. &c. pêlo D.r Antonio Josè de Lima Leitão.
Small 4to. (4) ff., 53 pp. Quarter calf.
According to Innocêncio the translator, António José de Lima Leitão, led a colourful life as a barber-surgeon in the Portuguese army, from whence he transferred to the French army, and...
£180
QUINTANA, Hilarión de la
Breve Manifiesto que el Coronel D. Hilarion . . . Hace a su Patria, y sus Conciudadanos, justificando con documentos su conducta publica contra las invasiones de la calumnia.
Folio. 4 pp. Wrappers. Light browning.
Quintana, the unpopular governor of Salta, protests that in the three months that he was governor of Salta he had raised funds for the army in Buenos Aires, and rejects accusations of financial irregularities. As a Porteño army officer, he had commanded 500 men in March 1814. “. . the new...
£100
[PULLEN, Henry William]
A Briga na Aula de D. Europa mostrando como o alumno allemão touzou o alumno francez e como o alumno inglez se ficou a olhar. Vertido do inglez por E.M.
12mo. 29 pp., (1) f. Original printed wrappers.
Rev. H.W. Pullen’s satirical political pamphlet on the Franco-Prussian War, ‘The fight at Dame Europa's school: showing how the German boy thrashed the French boy and how the English boy looked on,’ enjoyed a resounding success, 192,000 copies being printed within seven months, and it was immediately...
£40
[PUEYRREDÓN, Juan Martin.]
Memoria del Gral. Pueyrredon después de haberse retirado del Mando Supremo de las Provincias-Unidas en Sud-America. (Dated Buenos Aires, 9 August 1819.)
Folio. 13 pp. Original floral wrappers.
“An autobiographical record abundant in reflections . . .” (Tulio Halperin Donghi, Politics, economics and society in Argentina in the revolutionary period, p. 228). In his Memoria Pueyrredón justifies his former position as Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata by...
£180
[Anon.]
Profecia Politica, Verificada no que está succedendo aos Portuguezes pela sua céga affeiçaõ aos Inglezes: Escrita depois do Terremoto do anno de l755, e publicada por ordem superior no anno de l762, em Madrid. Traduzida do Hespanhol.
12mo. 188 pp., (2) ff. with catalogue of publications. Later wrappers. Partly unopened copy, printed on bluish paper.
A violent attack on the English economic interests in Portugal, blaming them for diverting Brazilian gold and Portuguese riches to English coffers and for the country’s lack of manufacturing industry, printed in the year that the...
£150
[Press Freedom.]
Nos memoraveis dias 4 e 12 de julho de 1821 se decretou e promulgou a Liberdade da Imprensa em Portugal pelas Cortes Geraes Extraordinarias e Constituintes no Reinado d’ElRei Dom João VI. Firmada assim a independencia como fructo do dia memorando 24 de agosto de 1820 que fará honra eterna á Cidade do Porto.
Small 4to. (1) f., 52 pp. (with errors in pagination), pp. 41-44. Later wrappers.
When D. João VI returned to Portugal from his Napoleonic exile in Brazil in July 1821 he faced a growing tide of liberal sympathies, and most limits on press freedom were abolished in the same month. Released from the constraints of censorship, the number of newspapers...
£120
[PRADO, Eduardo de Silva]
Fastos da dictadura militar no Brazil (by) Frederico de S. 1ª Serie. 2ª edição. Artigos publicados na Revista de Portugal de Dezembro de 1889 a Junho de 1890.
8vo. (2) ff., vi, 368 pp. With 6 tables & 2 maps in the text. Original printed wrappers. Copy partly unopened, some spotting & discolouration, marginal tear repaired in p. 11/12.
The author rails against the...
£90
[Portuguese neutrality.]
Sendo-me presentes as criticas circunstancias da Europa . . . Sou servido Ordenar que acontecendo (o que Deos naõ permitta) suscitar-se Guerra entre Potencias Minhas Alliadas, e Amigas, os Corsarios das ditas Potencias Belligerantes naõ sejam admittidos nos Portos dos Meus Estados, e Dominios, nem as Prezas que por elles . . se fizeram, sem outra excepçaõ que a dos casos, em que o Direito das gentes faz indispensavel a hospitalidade . . . Com a Rubrica do Principe N. Senhor. (Dated 17 September 1796.)
Folio. Broadside, with integral blank f. Wrappers.
The French revolution of 1789 caused profound alarm in Portugal. Fearing a French invasion fortifications were strengthened, the number of soldiers increased, and efforts made to recruit sailors for the Navy. The decree re-establishes that enacted on 30 August 1780 and, to maintain...
£35
[Portuguese Emigrants in Brazil.]
Subscripção e Soccorros aos Emigrados do Brasil por ordem de Sua Magestade Imperial e Real o Senhor D. João VI. de gloriosa memoria; e auxilios a estabelecimentos publicos de caridade em execução dos decretos de Sua Alteza a Serenissma Senhora Infanta Regente en nome d’Elrei.
Folio. (1) f., 15, (3) pp. Recent wrappers (worn).
The kind-hearted D. João VI, concerned with the plight of Portuguese citizens still living in the newly independent Brazil, had before his death in 1826 ordered a fund to be set up for the relief of needy persons living there. Precise details are given of the sums raised, and the names of donors, and...
£150
PORTUGAL, Candido Justino de
Memorias das Principaes Providencias, dadas em auxilio dos povos, que pela invasaõ dos francezes nas provincias de Beira, e da Extremadura, vieraõ refugiar-se á capital no ano de 1810. Ordenadas, e offerecidas a Sua Alteza Real o Principe Regente Nosso Senhor.
Small 4to. (26) ff., XLVII (misnumbered XXXVII), (1) pp., (1) f., 454 pp., including on p. 324 (folding), “Mappa de despeza que fizeraõ os enfermos emigrados nos hospitaes.” Later calf (slightly scuffed). Ff. (1-8), (17) – p. XVIII, XXVII – 24, 41 – 56 & 401 – 440 printed on blueish paper, tax stamps in some margins. Small stain on p. 85 &...
£280
[Porto.]
Diario do Porto 1835. No. 1, Segunda feira 19 de Janeiro – No. 79, Quarta feira 29 de Abril. Pp. (5) – 266 (with numerous errors in pagination) & No. 81, Sexta feira 1 de Maio - No. 128, Sabbado 11 de Julho. Pp. (268)-375. Including:- Supplemento ao N. 286 da Chronica Constitucional da Cidade do Porto. Sexta feira 2.º de Janeiro de 1835. Pp. (1182)-1185, and:- Supplementos (2 pp. each) to numbers for 16, 17, 25 & 26 Jan., 4 & 26 Feb., 31 Mar., 8 Apr., 20 & 22 May, 2 & 4 July).
Folio. With a large engraved vignette of the urn in Lapa Church containing the heart of D. Pedro de Bragança facing p. 120. Contemporary half cloth (spine very worn, corners bumped). Apparently lacking No. 80 (30 April). Library stamp on p. 17. Marginal tears repaired in 7 ff., tear in inner margin of pp. 119/120 & 167/68, part of outer...
£280
[Porto.]
Banco Commercial do Porto. Decreto. (dated 13 August 1835.)
Folio. (1) f. Wrappers.
Together with:- Primeiro anno da existencia do Banco Commercial do Porto. Relatorio apresentado à Assemblea Geral do Banco Commercial do Porto em Sessão de 30 de Dezembro de 1836 em nome da direcção pelo seu presidente, Francisco Joaquim Maya e Parecer da Commissão nomeada para examinar o Balanço e Contas...
£120
[Porto.]
Estatutos do Collegio de que he Director João L. Skinner, por Sua Magestade: Estabelecido na Cidade do Porto . .
Printed within ornamental border. Broadside 25 x 20.2 cm. Short tear repaired at fold in right margin.
Very rare and unusual early advertisement promoting the benefits of an education at Mr. Skinner's school in Porto. The curriculum included Portuguese grammar, Latin, rhetoric, philosophy, English, French, geography and commercial studies. ...
£280
PORTA SIQUEIRA, João de N.S.ra da
Escola de politica, ou tractado pratico da civilidade portugueza. Com as Regras, e Exemplos Do Estylo Epistolar em todo o genero de Cartas. Accrescentado novamente com o Retrato do Homem honrado, e virtuoso, para servir de modelo, e norma á Mocidade.
Small 8vo. (4) ff., 252 pp., (2) ff. with printers’ catalogue. Contemporary calf (rebacked). Occasional contemporary marginalia & pencil markings, tiny wormhole throughout book just touching text, lacking tip of upper corner of p. 235/236.
A rare courtesy book which includes advice for both ladies and gentlemen on social etiquette, conversation,...
£480
PONA, Antonio de Paiva e
Orphanologia practica em que se descreve tudo o que respeita aos Inventarios, partilhas, e mais dependencias dos pupillos, com varias materias aos mesmos pertencentes. Obra breve, mas muito util naõ só para os Juizes, e Advogados, mas tambem para os Illiterados Partidores, e os mais que conhecem, e intervem nas ditas partilhas . . . Agora novamente correcta, addicionada, e emendada dos muitos erros da passada impressaõ . . por Manoel Antonio Monteiro de Campos, e á sua custa impresso. Followed by:- Epilogo I. desta mesma orphanologia practica. Followed by:- Orphanologia practica. Parte II.
Small folio. (8) ff., 180 pp.; 50 pp.; 141 pp. Contemporary calf, spine gilt. Ownership signature on front free end-paper. Some ff. discoloured, small piece torn from outer margin of f. (8) & p. 163/164 & lower margin of p. 77/78 of third part, short tear repaired in lower margin of p. 169/170 of first part.
The work...
£280
[Police.]
Leys a que se refere a da policia. (Laws dated 12 March 1603, 30 December 1605, 25 December 1608, 25 March 1742, 4 November 1755 [2]; 6 December 1660, 9 January 1604.) Followed by:- (Law dated 25 June 1760). Followed by:- (Law dated 4 November 1805.) Followed by:- (Law dated 28 May 1810.) Followed by:- (Law dated 10 December 1801.)
Folio. 20 pp.; 11 pp.; (5) ff.; 7 pp.; 13 pp. Recent imitation leather.
A collection of laws relating to police in Portugal. Spain’s occupation of Portugal in 1588 resulted in an upsurge of new legislation; to maintain order bands of twenty watchmen were to be formed, and judges, magistrates, bailiffs and scribes...
£180
[Pirates.]
Relaçaõ do combate, Que teve o Capitaõ de Már, e Guerra Dom Pedro Stuart e Portugal, Filho do Excellentissimo Duque de Lyria, &c. Commandante dos Navios chamados Dragon, e America, Que jogavaõ sessenta peças, com a Capitania, e Almirante de Argel, chamados. Dansik, e Novo, A Capitania de 60. Peças, e Almirante de 54.
8vo. 7 pp. With vignette of ship on title p. Wrappers. Pp. browned.
An account of the daring naval victory off Cape St. Vincent by the Spanish commander, D. Pedro Fitz-James Stuart y Colón de Portugal, Marqués de San Leonardo, against the vastly superior forces of the Algerian ships “Dansk” and the “Novo Castillo” and the freeing of 50...
£80
PIQUER y ARRUFAT, Andres
Tratado de las Calenturas Segun la Observacion, y el Mechanismo.
Small 4to. (8) ff., 248 pp., (l) f. 1 folding plate of a saint and an angel. Later calf. Signatures Q, R & S slightly discoloured.
First edition. Piquer was physician to Ferdinand VI and Charles III of Spain. ". . of these (enlightened physicians) the most capable was Andrés Piquer . . who upheld...
£300
[PINHEIRO, Rafael Bordalo.]
O Antonio Maria. Vol.
4to. 328 pp.; pp. 329-576, 597-644; 176 pp. Quarter cloth. Tear repaired in lower margin of Vol.
The satirical periodical, Antonio Maria, was first edited by the Portuguese artist and satirist, Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, and Guilherme de Azevedo, and appeared on 12 June 1879...
£120
PINHEIRO, José Feliciano Fernandes
Historia nova, e completa da America, colligida de diversos authores, debaixo dos auspicious, e ordem de S. Alteza Real O Principe Regente. Vol. I.
Small 4to. (2) ff., 142 pp. (misnumbered 152), (1) f. Quarter calf. Damp stain on title p. & first 5 ff.
First edition and all published of this rare work. The history covers the period between Christopher Columbus’s arrival in America to the conclusion of the French and Indian Wars in 1763, and is the first history of North America...
£450
PINA, Luís de
Flora e fauna brasílicas nos artigos livros médicos portugueses.
Large 8vo. (2) ff., 192 pp., with 20 illustrations hors-texte. Original printed wrappers (back cover torn and repaired). Copy partly unopened.
The author describes the medicinal properties, and alleged properties, of Brazilian plants and fruits, citing references in 16th to 19th century works. Offprint from Brasília...
£40
PIEDADE, Caetano da
Relaçaõ fidelissima dos execrandos estragos, e sacrilegos roubos, que os Gregos cismaticos fizeraõ no Santissimo Sepulchro de N. Senhor Jesus Christo em Jerusalem, e da perseguiçaõ, que padeceraõ os Religiosos Menores da Observancia de N.P.S. Francisco, guardas e defensores dos Lugares Santos, na quella barba invazaõ do dia 2. de Abril de 1757. Offerecida aos devotos, e bemfeitores da mesma Terra Santa . . .
Small 4to. (3) ff., 31 pp. Wrappers.
"A Franciscan account of the purported Greek Orthodox takeover of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem as a result of the Ottoman ‘Status Quo’ law in 1757, and of their disregard of Catholic rights there and in other holy places in Palestine" (Newberry Library Catalog). Fr. Domingos de Veneza, a...
£150
PEREIRA, João José
Historia da Vida, Conquistas, e Religião de Mafoma, e do Governo civil, e militar do Imperio Ottomano; dos empregos, e funções religiosas, e de algumas particularidades curiosas do mesmo Imperio da Turquia.
Small 8vo.
First edition. The author writes at...
£450
Dom PEDRO II (1825-1891, Emperor of Brazil 1831-1889)
Autograph letter in French, signed, addressed to “Cher Cousin,” and dated St Petersburg (Russia), 1 September 1876.
1 page. 8vo.
Dom Pedro thanks the unknown recipient for “la journée si agréable,” and with the letter sends him a book which he hopes “donnera une idée exacte de l’état de mon pays.” He ends by writing that he could not then tell him which day he could visit “les travaux de Cronstadt.” The indefatigable Dom Pedro had arrived in St. Petersburg by train from...
£500
[PEDRO I & IV.]
Cartas e mais documentos dirigidos a Sua Magestade o Senhor D. João VI pelo Principe Real o Senhor D. Pedro de Alcantara com as datas de 19 e 22 de junho deste anno: e que forão presentes às Cortes Geraes Extraordinarias e Constituintes da Nação Portugueza Em a Sessão de 26 de Agosto do mesmo anno.
Small 4to. 52 (i.e. 56) pp. Disbound, inside cloth box. Ownership signature on title p., some underlining & contemporary ink annotations in outer margins of pp. 4 & 5, tiny wormhole in lower margin of pp. 33-46.
Written when Brazil’s independence from Portugal appeared to D. Pedro as inevitable, the first letter to his father, D....
£480
[Pedro IV (I of Brazil).]
Collecção dos documentos, que servem de fundamento e prova na Apologia do Corpo dos Voluntarios Academicos do Anno de 1826. Contra as falsas e calumniosas imputaçoens Forjadas ao mesmo Corpo pelos inimigos do Senhor D. Pedro IV. e da Carta Constitucional.
Small 4to. 20, 15 pp. Wrappers. Faint stain in upper margin of last ff.
Coimbra University endured turbulent times in the early 19th century, in common with the rest of Portugal. Most of the students supported the liberal ideas of D. Pedro, against the reactionary views of his brother, D. Miguel, and organized themselves to form battalion of...
£100
[PAZ, Juan Antonio de]. OSSORIO de la CADENA, Antonio
La Virtud en el Estrado. Visitas juiciosas. Critica espiritual.
Small 8vo. (3) ff., 375 pp. Contemporary calf, spine gilt. Apparently lacks 1 preliminary f (? half-title). Some faint marginal staining & occasional ink markings, ink scribbles on last blank p.
A curious Jesuit diatribe condemning female frivolities. The book takes the form of a dialogue between Dª. Magdalena, Dª Margarida...
£120
[Parliamentary Papers.] [Portugal.]
Accounts and Papers: Thirty-seven volumes. (35.) Session 19 January - 23 July 1847. Vol. LXXXVIII. Protocol of a Conference relating to the Affairs of Portugal, held at the Foreign Office on 21 May 1847.;
Copy of a Letter of Captain Robb, dated Her Majesty's Ship "Gladiator," at Oporto, the 23d May 1847, to the Portuguese Junta; also the Answer from the Secretary of the Junta.;
Correspondence relating to the Affairs of Portugal.;
Appendix to Correspondence relating to the Affairs of Portugal. (Constitutional Charter of the Portuguese Monarchy (1826), pp. 1-14)
Large 4to. (2) ff., 8 pp.; 2 pp.; (1) f., xi, 377 pp.; (2) ff., 98 pp. Cloth. Short tear repaired in p. 161/2 of third paper.
The correspondence in the third item is a fascinating and almost day-by-day account from Oct. 1846 – June 1847 of events from Portugal and the Foreign Office in London concerning the civil war known as the...
£250
[Parliamentary Papers.] [Paraguay & Uruguay.] 1886 & 1889.
Commercial. No. 13 (1886). Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation between Her Majesty and the Republic of Paraguay. Signed at Assumption, October 16, 1884. (Ratifications exchanged at Buenos Aires, May 10, 1886.);
Commercial. No. 23 (1886). (Uruguay.) Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation between Her Majesty and the Republic of Uruguay. Signed at Monte Video, November 13, 1885. (Ratifications exchanged at Montevideo, May 22, 1886.);
Commercial. No. 22 (1889). (Uruguay.) Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation between Her Majesty and the Republic of Uruguay. Signed at Monte Video, November 13, 1885. With a list of British Colonies which have acceded thereto under Article XIV. [The text of the Treaty is identical with that published in Parliamentary Paper C.- 4852: 1886.]
Folio. (1) f., 10 pp.; (1) f., 9 pp. (1) f., 9 pp. Cloth.
British vessels were to be allowed free passage on the Paraguay and Paraná Rivers. The second version of the treaty with Uruguay contains lists of British colonies which had assented to the Treaty and those which had not.
£80
[Parliamentary Papers.] [Chile.] 1883 & 1892.
No. 1 (1883). Despatch from Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affairs in Chile, forwarding a Convention for the Settlement of the Claims of British Subjects, signed at Santiago on the 4th January, 1883.
Idem. No. 2 (1883). Convention between Great Britain and the Republic of Chile for the Settlement of the Claims of British Subjects. Signed at Santiago on the 4th January, 1883.
Idem. No. 1 (1892). Correspondence respecting the Revolution in Chile.
Folio. (1) f., 4 pp.; (1) f., 6 pp.; xvi, 275 pp. Cloth. Some marginal tears repaired.
The three parties of the convention were Britain, Chile and Brazil. The volume gives a vivid account of the Chilean revolution of 1891 and its effect on British interests in the...
£180
[PALIART, Henrique]
Sobre commercio e porto-franco.
8vo. 22, (1) pp. Wrappers. Copy partly unopened. Some spotting & discolouration.
The author promotes granting Lisbon the status of a free port to increase its import-export trade. The opening in 1808 of Brazilian ports to foreign ships had revolutionized foreign trade with that country, and the author proposes that Lisbon...
£40
[OWEN, Hugh]
Historia abreviada dos acontecimentos do cerco da Cidade do Porto, durante os annos de 1832 e 1833.
Small 8vo. 56 p. Wrappers. Light damp-staining in preliminary pp.
The work is based on and abbreviated from the author’s A Guerra civil em Portugal, printed in London in 1836.
COPAC lists 1 copy only. Not in WorldCat. (Cf. Innocêncio XVII, 162.)
£100
[OWEN, Hugh]
The civil war in Portugal, and the siege of Oporto. By a British Officer of Hussars, who served in the Portuguese Army during the Peninsula War.
Large 12mo. (1) f. with advertisements, x pp., (1 f. tipped in), 285 pp., (1) f. with advertisements. Original cloth (spine faded, some damp spotting on covers, front hinge weak). Ownership signature on front free end-paper. Small ink-spot on p. 83, occasional faint staining.
A first-hand account of the liberal victory over...
£300
OTTONI, José Eloi
Parafraze dos Proverbios de Salomao em verso portuguez, dedicada ao Serenissimo Principe da Beira Nosso Senhor.
Small 8vo. VII, 8-356 pp. Near contemporary calf. Lacks front & back endpapers. A few ink stains in upper margins of pp. 9-64.
Sylvio Romero (História da literatura brasileira, II, pp. 192 & 194) comments that Ottoni had considerable talent, and his versions of old biblical poetry were the finest written by a Brazilian poet. ...
£450
OREBICH, Giuseppe
Carta do Capitám Joseph . . . Ragusano, a qual contém a noticia do transporte de 133 Padres Jesuitas de Lisboa para Civitavecchia, Traduzida fielmente do idioma Italiano para o Portuguez.
8vo. 12 pp. Wrappers. First and last pp. dust-stained, tiny piece torn from lower margin of title p.
To counter rumours of mistreatment, the author describes the embarkation and voyage to Civitavecchia of 133 Jesuits expelled from Portugal by Pombal and whom he was instructed to transport to Rome on his ship, together with an account...
£90
OLIVEIRA, Francisco Xavier de
Cartas familiares, historicas, politicas e criticas. Discursos serios e jocosos. 2 vols.
Small 8vo. I: (2) ff., 400 pp.; II: (3) ff., 394 pp. Recent leather. Vol. I, title p. mounted, tiny wormhole in first 3 ff. just affecting text, tear repaired in pp. 85/6 & 285/6, some headlines just shaved. Vol. II, small hole in pp. 15-24 just affecting text, tiny wormhole in inner margin of pp. 85-118, 273-286 & 211-220, some...
£400
OLIVEIRA, Domingos Nunes de
Discurso Juridico Economico-Politico em que se mostra A origem dos Pastos que neste Reino chamão Communs, sua differencia dos Publicos, e os Direitos porque deverião regular-se sem offender os da Propriedade, e Dominio dos Particulares a beneficio da Agricultura em geral, E em particular para a Comarca de Castello-Branco e das mais em que houver semilhantes pastos.
Small 4to. (4) ff., pp. (1)-189, (1 blank), 191, (1 blank), 192-243 (misnumbered 239), (4). Later half calf (rubbed, top of spine chipped). Small stain on p. 231, tiny wormhole in outer margin of ff. (1-4) & pp. 1-19 and in gutter margin of pp. 133-146 & 157-172, otherwise a good copy.
In Queen Maria's reign emphasis was placed on...
£280
NUNES do LEÃO, Duarte
Descrição do Reino de Portugal.
8vo. (12), 162 ff. (with errors in foliation). Original vellum (spine worn). Ownership signature on front free endpaper, slight spotting on f. 76 recto, ink annotations on f. 162 verso, lacks back free endpaper.
First edition of this notable work. "The painstaking and talented Duarte Nunez de Leam (c. 1530-1608), born at Evora, son of the...
£1500
[Anon.]
Nova Descuberta para curar a hydrophobia, ou dialogo entre hum servente do Hospital dos Doudos e hum conductor de Cães danados.
Together with:- Segunda parte do dialogo entre hum servente do Hospital dos Doudos e hum con-ductor de Cães danados. and:- Terceira parte do dialogo entre hum servente do Hospital dos Doudos e hum conductor de Cães danados. and:- Quarta parte do dialogo entre hum servente do Hospital dos Doudos e hum conductor de Cães danados. and:- Quinta parte do dialogo entre hum servente do Hospital dos Doudos e hum conductor de Cães danados.
Small 4to. 20 pp.; 11 pp.; 8 pp.; 11 pp.; 11 pp. Recent wrappers.
A rare satirical periodical. When in July 1821 the Cortes decreed the freedom of the press throughout the Portuguese territories it unleashed the age of the political pamphleteer in Portugal.
Jornais e Revistas Portugueses do Séc. ...
£70
[Anon.]
Noticia do marinheiro inglez, James Covey, seu grande esforço, e morte afortunada.
12mo. 4 pp. Wrappers.
A rare religious tract in Portuguese. The work is a translation of The Brave British Tar: An account of the bravery & happy death of James Covey, a British seaman. Printed by Tilling and Hughes and sold by F. Collins and J. Nisbet, 1814, taken from Gleanings in England by Samuel Jackson...
£25
NIRSO, Tomas Sabattinno
Instrucção Summaria sobre o modo de Cultivar as Amoreiras, e de Crear os Bichos da Seda.
Small 8vo. 96 pp. Original calf, spine gilt (head & foot of spine slightly chipped). Ownership signature on front free endpaper. Ink scribbles on front & back free endpapers & p. (VI) & pencilled scribbles on p. 48, some occasional soiling.
Nirso hoped to promote the cultivation of silkworms in Portugal...
£200
[NEVILLE, Henry]
Relaçaõ de hum famoso descobrimento da Ilha Pinés, e casamento de hum homem com quatro mulheres, e o quanto produziraõ em taõ pouco tempo. Tudo descoberto por hum navio Olandez da Companhia das Indias Orientaes, como se verá do que se segue nesta Relaçaõ, digno na verdade de se ver &c. &c. &c.
8vo. 7 pp. Recent quarter calf.
The rare first translation into Portuguese of Henry Neville’s satirical and erotic tale, The Isle of Pines, in which George Pines is shipwrecked with four female survivors on a mild and fertile island, which they rapidly populate by no less than 1789 of their offspring. The work was an instant success; “...
£380
NEVES, José Accursio das
Memoria sobre alguns acontecimentos mais notaveis da Administração da Real Fabrica das Sedas desde o anno de 1810, e sobre os meios do seu restabelecimento, dirigida á Corte do Rio de Janeiro, e ao Governo de Portugal no anno de 1819.
Small 4to. 44 pp. Wrappers. A fine copy.
First edition. One of Portugal’s foremost economists of the early 19th century, the author was appointed Director of the Royal Silk Factory in 1810. The factory dated back to 1735 and had been revived under Pombal. For years the factory had lost money, due to bad...
£220
NEVES, José Accursio das
Noções historicas, economicas, e administrativas sobre a producção, e manufactura das sedas em Portugal, e particularmente sobre a Real Fabrica do suburbio do Rato e suas annexas.
Small 8vo.
First edition of this detailed and well-documented history of silk production in Portugal, with special emphasis of that of the Royal Silk Factory. The...
£400
NEVES, José Accursio das
Manifesto, em que o Desembargador . . expõe, e analysa os procedimentos contra elle praticados pelos Ex-Regentes do Reino, e os seus fundamentos.
Small 4to. 72 pp. Wrappers.
The work was written after the author’s dismissal as secretary to the Junta do Comércio (Board of Trade), and the author defends his financial policies and encourages economic stability in the country. One of the most important political economists of early 19th century Portugal, Accursio das Neves provides valuable...
£200
[Mozambique.]
Ministerio dos Negocios da Marinha e Ultramar. A Campanha contra os Namarraes. Relatorios enviados ao Ministro e Secretario d'Estado dos Negocios da Marinha e Ultramar pelo Commissario Regio da Provincia de Moçambique. Followed by:- Relatorios ácerca da Acção de Calaputi, Escaramuça de Munapo e submissão dos Chefes Namarraes.
4to. 27 pp., 1 folding coloured map, pp. (29)-176, 5 folding maps & plates. Quarter calf, spine gilt. Some spotting & discolouration, tear repaired in lower margin of p. 161/162.
The Namarrais were a warlike tribe living in thick forest in the north of the country, and although an army of 455 men and 53 horses, led by the Governor,...
£70
MOURÃO, João
Oração Funebre que nas Solemnes Exequias que fez celebrar na Igreja Parochial de S. Julião pela muito Alta e muito Poderosa Rainha a Senhora D. Maria I. O Muito Honrado Juiz do Povo e Casa dos Vinte e Quatro recitou . . no dia 3 de outubro . . de 1816.
8vo. 26 pp. Wrappers.
According to Innocêncio the solemnities of the memorial service for D. Maria I had tragic consequences, as the candles or torches used at the service at which this sermon was preached set fire to the church, totally destroying it, soon after it had been built, at considerable expense.
Innocêncio III, 424. WorldCat lists 1 copy...
£40
[MOURA, José Joaquim Ferreira de]
A abolição do Companhia do Alto Douro igoalmente necessaria ao Productor em Portugal e ao Consumidor em Inglaterra, dada a luz pelo editor do Padre Amaro.
Small 4to. (3) ff., 168 pp. (should be 170 pp., page numbers of 79-80 duplicated.) Original wrappers (lacking spine). Copy partly unopened.
First edition. In the controversy surrounding the continued existence of the Companhia Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto Douro (the Douro Winegrowers’ Company) the author criticizes the...
£180
VIGODET, Gaspar de
Proclama del Señor . . Gobernador de Montevideo. (Dated 11 July 1811). Followed by:- Reflexiones sobre la proclama.
8vo. 8 pp. Wrappers.
Gaspar de Vigodet had arrived in Montevideo on 7 October 1810, where he had been appointed governor to replace General Francisco Xavier de Élío, fresh from his military triumphs against Napoleon in Spain and confident...
£150
[ALVEAR, Carlos de.]
Exposicion que hace el Señor Brigadier D. Carlos Alvear General en Xefe del Exercito sitiador de Montevideo, de su conducta en la rendición de esta Plaza. Vulnerada por las falsas imputaciones de su Gobernador D. Gaspar Vigodet. (Dated 29 November 1814.)
Folio. 42 pp., (1) f. with errata. Wrappers.
Despite Buenos Aires having declared independence, Montevideo remained loyal to the Spanish crown, but in October 1812 the city was besieged by the Latin American patriots, a siege which lasted until June 1814. In May 1814 the ambitious Carlos Maria de Alvear, President of the General Constituent Assembly...
£180
MOLINA, Juan Ignacio
The Geographical, Natural and Civil History of Chili . . . With notes from the Spanish and French versions, and an appendix, containing copious extracts from the Araucana of Don Alonzo de Ercilla. Translated from the original Italian by an American Gentleman. 2 vols.
8vo. I: (4) ff., xii, 271 pp., (1) f., with folding map of Chile; II: (1) f., viii pp., (1) blank f., 305, (1) pp., (1) blank f., 68 pp. with "A Sketch of the Aracuana of Don Alonzo de Ercilla." Contemporary half calf (corners rubbed, top of spine of Vol. 1 chipped). Cancelled library stamps on title pp. & half title pp., tear repaired in inner margin of...
£500
MIRANDA, Innocêncio Antonio de
O cidadão lusitano. Breve compendio, em que se demonstrão os fructos da Constituição, e os deveres do cidadão constitucional para com Deos, para com o Rei, para com a patria, e para com todos os seus concidadáos. Dialogo entre hum liberal, e hum servil – o Abbade Roberto – e D. Julio.
Small 4to. 143, (1) pp. Recent imitation leather.
First printing. This radical work attracted considerable controversy and a wide circulation in powerful circles, provoking a bitter dispute. The author, the Abbot of Medrões, seeks to justify liberal opinions that contrast with the conservatism of the Portuguese church, and the work was...
£380
MIRANDA, Joaõ Cardoso de
Relaçao Cirurgica, e Medica, Na qual se trata, e declara especialmente hum novo methodo para curar a infecçao escorbutica, ou mal de Loanda, e todos os seus productos, fazendo para isto manifestos dous especificoe, e mui particulares remedios.
Small 4to. (8) ff., 255 pp., (1) blank p., 22 pp, (1) f. Original calf (worn). Pp. browned throughout. Tear repaired in outer margin p. 27/28, small wormhole in upper margin of final p. 21-end.
"(This) is a famous book in the history of Brazilian medicine. The title is frequently cited but the text is seldom studied because of the...
£1000
MILLIET de SAINT-ADOLPHE, J.C.R.
Diccionario Geographico, Historico e Descriptivo, do Imperio do Brazil contendo a origem e historia de cada provincia, cidade, villa e aldeia; sua população, commercio, industria, agricultura e productos mineralogicos; nome e descripção de seus rios, lagôas, serras e montes; estabelecimentos litterarios, navegação, e o mais que lhes é relativo; Obra colligida e composta durante vinte seis annos de residencia e de longas peregrinações por diversas provincias do Imperio, com o auxilio d'um semnumero de manuscriptos, e d'obras publicadas em diversas linguas por escriptores tanto antigos como modernos, e de muitos documentos officiaes . . . trasladada em portuguez do manuscripto inedito francez, com numerosas observações e addições, pelo Dr. Caetano Lopes de Moura . . . publicada pelas diligencia e debaixo da direcção litteraria de J.P.Aillaud . . 2 vols.
8vo. I: xiii, (1) blank, 566 pp., (1) f., with folding engraved maps of Bahia, Pará and Brazil; II: (2) ff., 794 pp., (1) f., with folding engraved maps of Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro and Maranhão. Near contemporary quarter calf. Both vols. foxed, more pronounced in Vol. I, pp. 18-28. Small pieces missing from lower margin of title p. of Vol. I,...
£700
[MIDOSI, Paulo]
Quem he o legitimo Rey de Portugal? Questão Portugueza, submettida ao Juizo dos Homens Imparciaes. Por um Portuguez residente em Londres.
8vo. 95 pp. Wrappers. Faint staining on title p.
Midosi upholds D. Pedro IV’s right to the Portuguese throne as the only legitimate king, and refutes arguments that his brother, D. Miguel, should be crowned, pointing out that the latter had rejected the constitutional Charter granted by D. Pedro to his Portuguese subjects. Fearing political...
£80
MESONERO ROMANOS, Ramón de
Obras Jocosas y Satíricas de El Curioso Parlante. Together 8 vols.
8vo. Original wrappers (worn).
Vol. I: Panorama Matritense (Primera serie de las "Escenas") 1832 a 1835. Nueva edición, con retratos del autor y reproducciones de grabados de la época. 418 pp., illustrated.
Vol. II: Escenas Matritenses (Segunda serie). 1836 a 1842. 418 pp., illustrated.
Vol. III: Tipos y Caracteres. Bocetos...
£60
MENDOÇA, Luiz Antonio Carlos Furtado de
Oração funebre recitada nas solemnes exequias do . . Senhor D. Fr. Caetano Brandão, Arcebispo da Sé de Braga, celebradas na Cathedral da mesma Cidade . . .
Small 4to. 26 pp. Wrappers.
From 1783-89 the saintly Fr. Caetano Brandão was bishop of Grão Pará in Brazil, where he played an active part in reforming diocesan affairs and helping the poor. When appointed to the archbishopric of Braga in Portugal he founded homes for orphans, he sold the costly coaches and precious objects acquired by his predecessor, giving the...
£20
[MENDONÇA, Francisco de Assis Castro e.] C.V., e S.C.
A dynastia e a revolução de setembro ou nova exposição da Questão Portugueza da successão.
8vo. viii, 191 pp. Original printed wrappers. Pp. discoloured.
Following an attempted coup in Portugal, Queen Da. Maria II had agreed to reinstate the democratic Constitution of 1822. The author encourages the issue of government bonds as a solution to Portugal’s financial problems, and condemns government measures...
£75
MELLO de CASTRO, Julio de
Historia panegyrica da vida de Dinis de Mello de Castro, Primeyro Conde das Galveas Do Conselho de Estado, & Guerra dos Serenissimos Reys Dom Pedro II. & Dom Joaõ V.
4to. (22) ff., 498 pp. With portrait of Dinis de Mello de Castro engraved by Manuel Freyre as frontispiece. Title p. in red & black. Contemporary vellum over boards. Slight traces of worming in upper margin of pp. 329-406, some very faint staining in last ff.
First edition. Dinis de Melo de Castro, the first Count Galveas,...
£350
[MELLO, Francisco Manuel de]
Historia de los movimientos, y separasion de Cataluña, y de la Guerra entre La Magestad Catolica de Don Felipe el Cuarto Rey de Castilla, y de Aragon, y la Deputacion General de aquel Principado . . . Escrita por Clemente Libertino.
8vo. (4), 165 ff. Near contemporary calf, recent red labels (new end-papers). Occasional marginalia. Tear in lower margin of f. 162. Some occasional spotting with loss of 5 letters on f. 22, a few pp. discoloured, lower corner of f. 102 repaired, small hole on ff. 113 & 120 due to paper fault.
A “classic of Spanish literature . . ....
£650
MELLO, Francisco Manuel de
Apologos Dialogaes . . . compostos per . . . varam digno daquella estimaçam, que o mundo, em quanto vivo, fez da sua pesssoa, & depois de morto conserva ao seu nome . . . Obra posthuma, e a mais Politica, Civil & Gallante que fez seu Author.
8vo. (10) ff., 464 pp. Contemporary calf (lacking label). Upper margin slightly stained throughout, very occasional marginal worming.
The rare first edition of this remarkable work, considered by Edgar Prestage to be the crowning achievement of Mello, probably the most important 17th century Portuguese literary figure. "(He...
£650
[MELLO, Francisco Manuel de]
Carta de Guia de Casados, y Avisos para Palacios.
16mo. (32) ff., 272 pp. Recent calf. Occasional slight staining in lower margin. Tear repaired in lower margins of 7 ff. just touching 5 letters.
The well-printed Spanish edition by Benito Cano. Edgar Prestage describes the ‘Carta de Guia de Casados’ as being Melo’s most personal work, with its homely philosophy, good sense and...
£380
MELLO, Fortunato de
Senhores Reprezentantes da Naçaõ Portugueza.
12mo. 40 pp. Contemporary wrappers. Title at head of p. (1). Library stamp on title page.
Mello was Military Governor of Goa during a period of political unrest, and was recalled to Lisbon following a revolt in 1836 which established a provisional government. He justifies his conduct and defends himself from accusations,...
£40
MAURICIO, José
Methodo de musica, escrito e offerecido a sua Alteza Real o Principe Regente Nosso Senhor . . . destindado para as lições da aula . .
Small 4to. xxxv, (1), 65, (3) pp. With 5 folding plates of printed music. Quarter bound. Ownership signature on title p., traces of worming in upper gutter margin of pp. ix-xxxv.
Vieira describes this work as an excellent work of its kind, written with great clarity and purity of language " (Diccionário biográphico de músicos portuguezes,...
£380
MATHISON, Gilbert Farquhar
Narrative of a visit to Brazil, Chile, Peru, and the Sandwich Islands, during the years 1821 and 1822. With miscellaneous remarks on the past and present state, and political prospects of those countries.
8vo. xii pp., (2) ff., 478 pp., (1) f. with advertisements, 4 coloured plates, 1 folding map of the Sandwich Islands. Recent quarter calf.
"(The author) put in at Rio and visited the Swiss settlement of Nova Friburgo, Canta Gallo, the Puré's Indian Mission at São Fidelis, and Santa Cruz. Of the 170 pp. on Brazil the best passage is the description of...
£750
[Maria II]
Manifesto dos direitos de Sua Magestade Fidelissima, a Senhora Dona Maria Segunda; e exposição da Questão Portugueza.
4to. 62 pp., (1) blank f., 186 pp. Near contemporary half calf (head & foot of spine worn, corners bumped). Ownership signature on title p. Occasional spotting & discolouration throughout the volume.
Dom Pedro IV had renounced his rights to the Portuguese throne in favour of his daughter, Dª. Maria da...
£230
[MARANHÃO, Francisco dos Prazeres]
Diccionario Geographico abreviado de Portugal e suas Possessões Ultramarinas. No qual se dá noticia de todas as Cidades, Villas, e Freguezias, de Portugal, com sua população, legoas de distancia, correios, e feiras principaes; seus rios, montanhas, portos, &c. E juntamente se descrevem todas as ilhas, e porções continentaes, que Portugal possue actualmente no Ultramar; suas Povoações, plantas, animaes, minas, rios, portos, commercio, &c. &c. por um Flaviense . . . dado ao prelo por António Fernandes Pereira.
Small 4to. (1) f., 257 pp., (1) f. Contemporary half calf (upper joint just starting to split).
An expanded edition of the author's Taboa Geographico-estatistico Lusitana, which first appeared in 1839, amalgamated with his Diccionario Geographico das Colonias Portuguezas. The author begins his very informative dictionary with an...
£200
MANESCAL, Antonio
Systema, ou collecçaõ dos Regimentos Reaes Cada hum com seu Indice separado. Contém os regimentos pertencentes à administraçaõ da Fazenda Real, offerecidos ao . . . Duque de Cadaval . . . 2 vols.
Folio. I: (4) ff., 423 pp., (1) blank p., 311 pp. with errors in pagination; II: Systema, ou collecçaõ dos Regimentos Reaes Com seus Indices. Contém os regimentos pertencentes à administraçaõ da Fazenda Real, e alguns particulares . . . (4) ff., 476, 52, 43, 59 pp., (2) ff. Contemporary calf, spines gilt (rubbed, foot of spine of Vol. I defective). ...
£300
MALHEIRO, Manuel Pereira
Memorias medico-cirurgicas, que conte'm Varios factos pertencentes a Medicina, e Cirurgia.
Small 8vo. 76 pp. Contemporary red calf, spine gilt, gilt borders (corners slightly bumped).
The author describes an epidemic of thrush which broke out in the Royal Orphanage in Lisbon and his methods of curing the patients. He was a surgeon at the Real Casa dos Expostos and of the Hospital of São...
£280
[MAGALHÃES, Joaquim Antonio de & Francisco da Gama Lobo BOTELHO]
Analyse ás Observaçoens do General Saldanha. Publicadas em Paris com a data de 13 de novembro de 1829.
Small 4to. (2) ff., 104 pp. 1 folding plate with facsimile of letter. Wrappers. Top of half title p. torn off, inner & lower margins of last f. repaired.
First edition. Saldanha's Observações gave rise to a storm of controversy, including this pamphlet which criticises his conduct. It gives a detailed account of the...
£50
MAGALHAENS, Joaquim Antonio de
Breve Exame do Assento feito pelos denominados Estados do Reyno de Portugal, congregados em Lisboa aos 23 de Junho do anno de 1828.
Small 4to. 45 (1) pp. Wrappers. Ownership signature on title page.
The author was a deputy of the Portuguese Cortes, and an ardent supporter of Da. Maria da Gloria against her uncle, D. Miguel, and here he staunchly reaffirms her right to succeed to the Portuguese throne.
Innocêncio IV, 65 "de interesse para a história política do...
£40
MACHADO, Antônio Cândido da Cruz (Visconde de Serra Frio)
Discurso do Exm. Sr. Senador . . . proferido na Camara dos Deputados na Sessao de 11 de julho de 1874 em resposta as accusações feitas á S. Ex. e ao povo bahiano.
8vo. 44 pp. Original printed wrappers (remains of ticket stuck to both front & back covers). Ownership signature on title p.
Demonstrations had taken place in Salvador in early April 1874 and a riot had broken out amongst the deputies of the Bahia Assembly, who were said to have entered the chamber carrying revolvers and accompanied by thugs. ...
£80
MADRE de DEOS, Gaspar
Memorias para a história da Capitania de S. Vicente, hoje chamada de S. Paulo, do Estado do Brazil publicadas de ordem da Academia R. das Sciencias . .
Small 4to. (4) ff., 242 pp. (1) f. with list of works printed by the Academia Real das Sciências. Recent calf, spine gilt. Slit repaired in inner margins of pp. 235-end, otherwise a fine copy.
First edition. Drawing on diligent research in civil and religious archives, the author traces meticulously the...
£800
[MACEDO, José Agostinho de]
A tripa virada. Periodico semanal. Nos. 1 - 3. Together with:- Tripa por huma vez. Livro primeiro e ultimo. Dividido em dous folhetos. Nos. 4 - 9 & post scriptum.
8vo. 36 pp.; 70 pp. Contemporary quarter calf.
"In his political periodicals . . (Macedo) puts forth all his spice and venom . . he bullies and crushes his opponents in the raciest vernacular" (Bell, Portuguese Literature, p. 282). According to Teófilo Braga, the author’s outrageous and out-spoken statements provoked a rebuke from the...
£350
MACEDO, José Agostinho de
Refutação do monstruoso, e revolucionario escripto impresso em Londres intitulado Quem he o legitimo Rei de Portugal? Questão Portugueza submetida ao Juizo dos Homens Imparciaes. Londres, Impresso na Officina Portuguesa, 1828.
Small 4to. 80 pp. Wrappers. Preliminary pp. slightly water-stained, tiny hole in last f. without loss.
The author of the pamphlet, ‘Quem he o legitimo Rei de Portugal?,’ according to Innocêncio, was Paulo Midosi, an ardent supporter of the constitutionalist cause then exiled in London, who wrote it first in English then translated it into Portuguese....
£90
MACEDO, José Agostinho de
Newton. Poema. Segunda edição, correcta e aumentada.
Small 8vo. 151 pp., with a portrait of Newton engraved by Fontes as frontispiece. Boards. Some pencilled annotations.
Macedo believed that Newton as a scientist had conferred greater benefits on humanity than many a great conqueror. This second edition is considerably corrected and enlarged, and includes a lengthy and spirited...
£280
MACEDO, José Agostinho de
O Desengano, Periodico politico, e moral.
8vo. Nos. 1-27, with 2 pp. each (No. 3 has 8 pp.) Contemporary calf. Lacking the portrait of the poet engraved by N.J. Possollo which is sometimes present. Faint damp staining in some upper margins, some discolouration.
A complete set of 27 numbers of the periodical, which was Macedo's last work, the last number being...
£200
MACEDO, José Agostinho de
Oraçaõ Funebre que nas Exequias do Muito Alto, e Muito Poderoso Imperador e Rei o Senhor D. Joaõ Sexto, celebradas na Basilica do Coraçaõ de Jesus, no Dia 10 de Abril de 1826.
Small 8vo. 38 pp. Half calf.
One of the most colourful and controversial literary figures of the early 19th century Portugal, Macedo was Court preacher to D. João VI and D. Miguel. This oration at D. João's funeral earned him proportionally greater profits than from any other work he had written previously, since it brought him an annual pension of...
£70
MACEDO, José Agostinho de
Carta I de . . a J.J.P.L. (to Carta 32ª e última).
8vo. 8, 11, 11, 11, 11, 12, 12, 11, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 16 pp. With portrait of the author by H.J. da Silva, engraved by D.J. Silva. Contemporary calf, spine gilt. Lacks end free end-paper.
First edition of these letters addressed to the publisher, José Joaquim Pedro...
£230
MACEDO, José Agostinho de
A Sua Excellencia Lord Wellington, Duque da Victoria, Generalissimo dos Exercitos Alliados pelos seus insignes triunfos em nome da nação portugueza. Epistola.
8vo. 11 pp. Quarter bound. Light stains on title p.
Macedo's output, both in poetry and prose, was prolific. He lavished praise on the Iron Duke as being the saviour of the world. Innocêncio praised this and other odes written at this time as being "marcadas com o cunho de verdadeira inspiração, mostra atringir as bellezas do...
£50
MACEDO, Ignacio José
Ensaios politicos . . . ou Collecção do Velho Liberal do Douro, precidida de dois Discursos sobre a Influencia de Religião na Politica, e nos Costumes.
8vo. 10 pp. Contemporary calf (worn). Lacks front free endpaper & part of back free endpaper cut away.
Bound with:- Influencia da Religião sobre os Costumes, A qual serve de Resposta às alveivosas Proclamações do Silveira; e ao zelo Farisaico da Junta, que sacrilegamente usurpou o nome de Apostolica. Pp. 1-8, 13-20....
£220
MACEDO, Antonio Sousa de
Flores de España, Excelencias de Portugal, en que brevemente se trata lo mejor de sus historias, y de todas las del mundo desde su principio hasta nuestros tiempos, y se descubren muchos cosas nuevas de provecho, y curiosidad. Primera parte. Followed by: Armonia Politica dos documentos divinos com as conveniencias de Estado: exemplar de Principes No governo dos gloriosissimos Reys de Portugal.
4to. (6) ff., 300 pp.; 78 pp. Later calf (spine repaired). Erased ownership signature and small library stamp on title page. Small repairs to lower corners of ff. (3-5) & pp. 283-300 of first work & pp. 1-20 of second work, outer margin of title p. strengthened, two tiny holes in p. 261/262 with loss of 4 letters,...
£320
MACEDO, Antonio Sousa de
Falla que fez o Doutor . . . do Conselho da Fazenda de Sua Magestade. No Juramento de Rey do muyto Alto, & muyto Poderoso Dom Affonso VI. nosso Senhor. Em quarta feira 15. de Novembro 1656.
8vo. (4) ff. Boards. Pages numbered in ink in top right hand margin, slight staining on title p.
The speech delivered at the accession of the first Portuguese king after her independence from Spain. As a loyal servant of the first two Bragança kings Dr. António de Sousa de Macedo played a vital role in formulating...
£400
MACEDO, Antonio Sousa de
Carta que a un señor de la Corte de Inglaterra Escriviò . . Oydor de la Chancelaria de la ciudad de Porto, Secretaria de la Embaxada del Serenissimo Don Juan Rey de Portugal, al Serenissimo Carlos Rey de la gran Bretaña. Sobre el manifiesto, que por parte del Rey de Castilla publicó su chronista D. Joseph Pellizer.
Small 4to. (2), 14 ff. With vignette on title p. Quarter calf. Some page numbers just shaved.
The uprising against Spain of 1 December 1640 led to an outburst of Portuguese nationalism and a determination to preserve the country’s independence. As a loyal servant of the recently acclaimed king of Portugal, D. João IV, Sousa de Macedo...
£400
MACANAZ, Melchor Rafael de
Defensa Critica de la Inquisicion contra los principales enemigos que la jan perseguido, y persiguen injustamente: En la qual se confunde con sus propias razones á los Hereges Calvinistas, Luteranos, y otros, y no pocos Católicos engañados por ellos, que con tanto horror, y con tan desenfrenada furia han combatido la Inquisicion, siendo la mas justa, y la mas conforme á la piedad religiosa, y á la caridad christiana . . . Dalas a luz Don Antonio Valladares de Sotomayor. 2 vols. in 1.
Small 8vo. I: (1) f., xii, 274 pp.; II: (3) ff., 263 pp. Near contemporary calf (corners bumped, back cover worn, wormholes in foot of spine). With library stamp on title page. Vol. II, signature K (pp. 145-160) in duplicate. Some page numbers shaved, some slight discolouration, short tear repaired in top margin of Vol. I, p....
£550
LOUREIRO, Manoel José Gomes
Memorias dos estabelecimentos portuguezes a l’este do Cabo da Boa Esperança, pelo Conselheiro . . . que servio no extincto Conselho Ultramarino.
Small 4to. (3)-vii, (1 blank) p., 469, (1) pp., (1) f. (with errors in pagination). With 4 folding tables. Contemporary wrappers (spine worn). Copy mostly unopened. Faint water-staining in top margins.
A mine of information for administrative and financial matters in early 19th century Portuguese India, containing details and...
£250
[LÓPEZ PELEGRÍN, Santos.] ABENAMAR
Poesias.
8vo. 264 pp. Wrappers. Copy partly unopened, some browning & traces of worming in inner margin.
A little-known volume of poetry by an able journalist and well-known satirist. Palau 825 & 141738 calls for 12 plates, not present here.
£12
LIVET, Charles-Louis
Catalogue des Documents relatifs à l’Histoire de France, conservés aux Archives de la Torre do Tombo, à Lisbonne.
8vo. (2) ff., ii, 75 pp. Original printed wrappers.
The documents about French history, 403 in all, refer to the years 1440-1643, and a short description is given of each one. The author, an indefatigable researcher, contributed numerous articles to French literary journals and was a member of the French Academy.
£65
[Lisbon Earthquake]
Plano que Sua Magestade mandou remetter ao Duque Regedor, para se regular o alinhamento das Ruas, e reedificaçaõ das casas, que se haõ de erigir nos terrenos que jazem entre a Rua Nova do Almada, e Padaria, e entre a extremidade Septentrional do Rocio, até o Terreiro do Paço exclusivamente. (Dated 12 June 1758.) Together with:- Decreto pelo qual Sua Magestade amplia ao Duque Regedor a Jurisdicçaõ em todas as materias concernentes á reedificaçaõ da Cidade de Lisboa, e á nomeaçaõ dos Ministros, que devem expedir as diligencias pertencentes á dita reedificaçaõ. (Dated 16 June 1758.)
4to. 12 pp. Pp. 13-16. Wrappers. Small wormhole in outer margin just touching 5 letters.
“It was the earthquake that propelled Pombal to virtual absolute power which he was to retain for another twenty-two years until the king’s death in 1777. He took quick, effective, and ruthless action to stabilize the situation . . . ...
£170
LIMA BEZERRA, Manoel Gomes de
Os Estrangeiros no Lima: ou conversaçoens eruditas Sobre varios pontos de Historia Ecclesiastica, Civil, Litteraria, Natural, Genealogica, Antiguidades, Geographia, Agricultura, Commercio, Artes, e Sciencias. Com Huma Descripçaõ de todas as Villas, Freguezias, e Lugares notaveis da Ribeira Lima, suas producçoens, industria, fabricas, edificios, familias nobres, filhos illustres em virtudes, armas ou letras; e com a Nobiliarchia Portugueza de Villasboas illustrada com todos os escudos de armas dos appellidos das Familias do Reino por ordem alfabetica, e huma breve noticia das Casas, que ha no mesmo Reino, dos ditos appellidos, sem serem Titulares.
Small 4to. 2 vols. I: (6) ff., 437, (1) pp. (with errors in pagination), with 3 engraved plates (2 folding); II: viii, 357, (1) pp., with engraved frontispiece & 3 folding engraved plates. Contemporary calf, spines gilt. Occasional marginalia and some slight staining in end ff. of Vol. II. Slit repaired in inner...
£3200
LEMOS BRITTO, José Gabriel de
Do Brasil, em Portugal (Conferencias realizados em Lisboa, Porto, Coimbra e Vianna do Castello, em janeiro e fevereiro de 1928).
8vo. (4) ff., 131 pp. With 5 half-tone plates. Original printed wrappers.
The author was in part responsible for drawing up the Código de Menores (Young Offenders’ Code) in Brazil, and he delivered lectures in Lisbon, Porto, Coimbra and Viana do Castelo describing his involvement there with prison reform, when in 1924 he had been entrusted with investigating the country...
£40
LEITE, Serafim Soares
Introdução do teatro no Brasil.
4to. 20 pp. Original printed wrappers. (Offprint from Brotéria, Vol. XXIV, fasc. 4.) Ownership inscription on half-title p. Small hole in outer margin of half-title p.
The author traces the development of theatre in Brazil from early colonial times when the Jesuits introduced religious plays intothe country, and includes an 8-page...
£20
LEITE, Antonio da Silva
Rezumo de todas as regras, e preceitos da Cantoria, assim da Musica Metrica, como do Canto-chaõ. Dividido em duas partes. Composto por . . . Natural da Cidade do Porto. Para o uso dos seus Discipulos.
Small 4to. (4) ff., 43, (1) pp., with 2 folding plates with musical notation. Recent quarter calf. A few ink stains on half title p., some damp-staining throughout the work, ink scribbles in outer margin of p. 11.
Silva Leite, Porto's greatest musician, abandoned an ecclesiastical career to devote his life to music. He composed operas, sacred...
£320
LECLERC, Charles
Bibliotheca Americana. Histoire, géographie, voyages, archéologie et linguistique des Deux Amériques et des Îles Philippines.
8vo. (2) ff., xx, 737 pp., (1) f. Together with: Supplément No. I, novembre 1881. (2) ff., 102 pp., (1) ff. Quarter morocco (hinges slightly rubbed), original printed wrappers bound in. Occasional slight discolouration, some marginal annotations in pencil & ink.
Original edition of this indispensable catalogue and bibliography....
£140
LEITÃO, Antonio José de Lima
Monumento à Elevação da Colonia do Brazil a Reino, e ao Estabelecimento do Triplice Imperio Luso. As obras de Pùblio Virgilio Maro, traduzidas em verso portuguez, e annotadas por . . . 3 vols.
8vo. I: (1) f., XVII, 221 pp., (1) f.; II: pp. (3)-239; III: 228 pp. Original wrappers. Some pencil scribbles, tiny hole in Vol. III, p. 27/28 with loss of 3 numerals & 2 letters, some slight discolouration, otherwise a fine copy.
This rare work, a “monument” to Brazil as the capital of the Portuguese Empire, is preceded by a...
£820
[Leather Factory.]
Alvará porque Vossa Magestade ha por bem conceder Faculdade a Patricio Ryan para poder erigir nos Suburbios da Cidade de Lisboa huma Fabrica por tempo de dez annos, para nella fazer obrar, e preparar Pelles de Anta, Camurça, e Pellica, e de fazer dos mesmos generos, Vestias, Calções, e Luvas, debaixo das Condições que com este baixão . . . (Dated 19 May 1770.)
Folio. 7 pp. Wrappers.
This rare edict sets out the strict conditions for a foreigner artisans in Pombal’s Portugal. Patrick Ryan is authorized to set up a leather goods business in suburban Lisbon. He is required to teach his craft to eight Portuguese apprentices who would remain for at least five years to perfect their knowledge of...
£70
LAVADINHO, Domingos da Conceição (comp.)
Manuscritos e outros documentos da Biblioteca Municipal de Elvas.
Small 4to. 66 pp., (1) f. Original printed wrappers. Unopened copy.
The work gives details of over 400 manuscripts preserved in the Biblioteca Municipal of Elvas, including a section of 57 entries relating to the campaigns of the Peninsula War.
Welsh 89.
£40
LAS CASES, Emmanuel
Carta do Conde de . ., hum dos Illustres Francezes que seguirão o Imperador Napoleão á Ilha de Santa Helena, dirigida ao Principe Luciano Buonaparte. Traduzida por D*** F.P.C.
Small 8vo. 59 pp. Wrappers. Unopened copy.
Las Cases entered the Emperor Napoleon’'s service as a chamberlain, and accompanied him to exile in St. Helena where he acted informally but very assiduously as his secretary, taking down numerous notes of his conversations. On his return to Europe he published his memoirs.
Not in...
£20
[LACERDA, Fernando Correia de]
Catastrophe de Portugal, na deposição d'El Rei D. Affonso Sexto, subrogação do Principe D. Pedro o Unico, justificada nas calamidades publicas, Escrita para justificaçaõ dos Portugueses, por Leandro Dorea Caceres e Faria.
Small 4to. 267, (l) pp. Later calf (spine gilt). Ownership signature on title p. Some slight staining, small wormhole in upper inner margin of pp. 77-144, small hole repaired in p. 235/36.
First edition of this interesting and informative, but biased, book on 17th century Portugal. According to the author, the “catastrophe” was...
£480
KRENING, Joseph
Conquistas na India em apostolicas Missoens Da Companhia de Jesus, soccorridas pelo ceo Com milagrosos successos, em crédito da Fé, e estrago da idolatrîa, até o anno de 1744 . . . e dado a luiz pelo Padre Procurador Da Provincia de Malabar, ambos da Companhia de Jesus.
Small 4to. 56 pp. Recent blind-stamped calf. Two ownership signatures on title p., slit in title p. & on p. 23/24 repaired, some spotting.
The author, a German Jesuit, left for the missions in Malabar in 1737 and in this rare work gives a fascinating account of the work of the Jesuit missions in present-day Tamil Nadu. He describes the...
£420
KOSTER, Henry
Travels in Brazil.
Large 4to. ix, (3), 501, (1) pp. With 2 maps and 8 coloured aquatints. Recent half calf in the style of the period. Library stamps expertly removed. Some very occasional spotting & discolouration, some pencilled annotations. Title of 1 plate just shaved.
First edition of this celebrated work on Brazil with attractive...
£2800
[KOPKE, Diogo]
O Museu Portuense. Jornal de Historia, Artes, Sciencias Industrias e Bellas Letras. Publicado debaixo dos auspicios da Sociedade da Typographia Commercial Portuense. Publicado de Agosto de 1838 a Janeiro de 1839. Nos. 1 - 12.
Small folio. (2) ff., 192 pp. With vignette on title p. & p. (1) & 47 engravings in the text. Half calf (lacking label). Short marginal tear repaired in p. 31/32, occasional spotting & discolouration.
A complete set of this rare and interesting periodical, of particular value to historians in that the first two...
£200
KIDDER, Daniel Parish & James Cooley FLETCHER
Brazil and the Brazilians, portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches. Sixth edition, revised and enlarged.
8vo. viii pp., pp. 3-640. With frontispiece, 17 plates, 2 maps (1 folding), & numerous vignettes in the text. Original publishers' green cloth. Ownership stamp on prelim. p., some offsetting, otherwise a good copy.
This edition of Kidder and Fletcher’s famous work is the first to include a letter from Sir Richard Burton on p. 633, not mentioned...
£220
KIDDER, Daniel Parish & James Cooley FLETCHER
Brazil and the Brazilians, portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches.
8vo. 630 pp., (5) ff. of advertisements. With 2 maps (1 folding), portrait of the Emperor D. Pedro I as frontispiece, 18 plates (2 coloured) & numerous illustrations in the text. Original publishers' blind-stamped cloth with Imperial coat of arms of Brazil on front & back covers (head & foot of spine worn, corners bumped). Ex-libris removed from...
£220
[Junta do Comércio.]
Estatutos da Junta do Commercio ordenados por El Rey Nosso Senhor, no seu real decreto de 30 de Setembro de 1755. (Dated 16 December 1756.)
Folio. (1) f., 37 pp. Wrappers. Tiny wormhole in top margin not touching text.
Pombal in the 1750s created the mercantile companies relating to Brazil and to the wine-growing region of northern Portugal, and sought to encourage commercial activities, both in Portugal and in her colonies. “The Lisbon Chamber of Commerce (Mesa do Bem Comun),...
£90
[D. José I.]
Academia celebrada pelos Religiosos da Ordem Terceira de S. Francisco do Convento de N. Senhora de Jesus de Lisboa no Dia da Solemne Inauguração da Estatua Equestre del Rey Dom José Primeiro Nosso Senhor.
4to. (5) ff., 8, 42 pp., (3) ff., 10 pp., (5) ff., 7, 7 pp., (16) ff., 29 pp., (1) f. With frontispiece by Joaquim Carneiro da Silva & engraved by Barros. Recent calf.
Contents: Rerum gestarum ad Beatissimae Virginis Matris Jesus noctu die VIII. Idus Junias solemnibus festo festivo, anno CIC....
£400
JORDÃO PAIVA MANSO, Levy Maria (Visconde de)
Memoria sobre Lourenço Marques (Delagoa Bay).
8vo. LXXXIX, (1), 149 pp. With 2 folding maps showing part of Mozambique and Lourenço Marques Bay. Later quarter calf (original printed wrappers preserved). Pencilled annotations on pp. 90-95 & 12, some spotting on maps.
The author gives a detailed description of Mozambique, its history, climate, agriculture and...
£220
[D. João VI]
Relação da maneira, pela qual foi celebrado na Cidade de Angra o dia 13 de Maio de 1824, Anniversario de Sua Magestade Fidelissima o Senhor Rei D. João VI.
8vo. 23 pp. (misnumbered 15). Wrappers. Library stamp on title p.
A detailed description of the festivities in the Azores to celebrate the anniversary of D. João VI, presided over by the Governor, Francisco de Borja Garção Stockler, Baron Villa da Praia, who had been recently reinstated in his post on the orders of the king himself.
Not...
£45
[Jewellery.]
Alvará, por que Vossa Magestade ha por bem conceder faculdade a Augusto Ludevico Thimne para que possa nesta Corte, ou na Cidade do Porto estabelecer, e conservar por tempo de dez annos com privilegio exclusivo huma Fabrica de fazer Folhetas para a cravaçaõ dos Diamantes, e Pedras preciosas; declarando o número das pessoas, e o tempo em que as deve ensinar; o preço de cada Folheta, branca, ou de côr; os Ministros, que nesta Corte, ou na Cidade do Porto devem servir de Juizes Conservadores da mesma Fabrica; e declarando outro sim por Inspectora della a Junta do Commercio destes Reinos, e seus Dominios . . . (Dated 22 August 1766.)
Folio. (2) ff. Wrappers.
Together with: Alvará de Prorogação, Declaração, e Ampliação, por que Vossa Magestade pelos motivos nelle declarados: Ha por bem, que o Privilegio exclusivo da Fabrica das Folhetas para a cravação dos Diamantes, e outras Pedras preciosas, que concedeo a Augusto Ludovico Thymme pelo Alvará . . (22.8.1766), se...
£75
[Jesuits.]
Alvará porque Vossa Magestade he servido estabelecer novo Methodo para a arrecadaçaõ, e distribuiçaõ dos Bens confiscados aos Réos condemnados pela Sentença do Juiz da Inconfidencia de doze de Janeiro de mil setecentos e cincoenta e nove; e aos Regulares da Companhia denominada de JESUS, expulsos destes Reinos, e seus Dominios pelo Alvará de vinte e cinco de Fevereiro de mil setecentos, e sessenta e hum, e que passa pela Chancelaria . . . (Dated 21 February 1766.)
Folio. Pp. 147-150. Wrappers.
The act complements and re-establishes that of 25 February 1761 and requires exact records to be kept of the property seized from the Jesuits.
Marquês de Pombal. Catálogo Bibliográfico e iconográfico, 484.
£55
JAKÚ, Francisco de Paula
Mestre inglez, ou Nova grammatica da Lingua Ingleza. Por hum systema original, para se aprender com perfeição, e brevidade este idioma sem dependencia absoluta de mestre. Obra enriquecida de hum copioso vocabulario dos termos portuguezes e inglezes, e das frases mais polidas e puras d’ambos os idiomas, com alguns dialogos do uso familiar, e huma terceira columna de pronuncia.
Small 4to. ix, (1 blank), 411 pp. (with errors in pagination). Contemporary calf (head of spine worn, corners bumped). Some damp-staining, more pronounced in end ff., very slight traces of worming not affecting text.
The rare first edition. Writing in the preface the author assures the reader that he would soon acquire...
£250
[Inquisition.]
Alvará de Ley; porque Vossa Magestade . . he servido reprovar, cassar, annular, e anniquilar, com se nunca houvessem existido, os Roes de Fintas, seus Traslados, e Copias: Prohibindo inteiramente o uso, e retençaõ delles . . . (Dated 2 May 1768.)
Folio. (2) ff. Wrappers. Traces of worming in inner margin.
Faced with the autocratic powers of the Inquisition in Portugal, Pombal resolved to destroy it as an independent tribunal and to make it dependent on the state. The Braganças' "more thoughtful royal advisers . . had all believed that Portugal needed to recuperate the 'New...
£75
[Immigration.]
A Calumnia e a Lei d’Imprensa ou a Liberdade d’Imprensa e a Estatuta de Pasquino.
8vo. 56 pp., with one folding table. Original printed wrappers.
The pamphlet throws interesting light on emigration to Brazil in the mid-19th century. Antonio Joaquim d’Andrade Villares in 1859 sued the Miguelist periodical, O Direito, for libel, vehemently denying the charge it had levelled against him of trafficking in white...
£150
[American Indians}
Alvará . . por que Vossa Magestade he servido ordenar, que a liberdade, que havia concedido aos Indios do Maranhaõ para as suas Pessoas, bens, e Commercio, pelos Alvarás de seis, e sete de Junho de mil setecentos cincoenta e cinco, se estenda na mesma forma aos Indios, que habitaõ em todo o continente do Brasil, sem restricçaõ, interpretaçaõ, ou modificaçaõ alguma . . (Dated 8 May 1758).
Folio. (2) ff. Wrappers. Small wormhole in outer margin just touching text.
The "Law of Liberties" declaring the Indians in theory to be free citizens was extended to cover all Brazil.
Marquês de Pombal, Catálogo Bibliográfico e iconográfico, 222. Rodrigues 77. Gauz, Portuguese and...
£60
[American Indians}
Alvará com força de Lei, por que Vossa Magestade ha por bem renovar a inteira, e inviolavel observancia da Lei de doze de Setembro de mil seiscentos cincoenta e tres, em quanto nella se estabeleceo, que os Indios do Graõ Pará, e Maranhaõ sejaõ governados no temporal pelos Governadores, Ministros, e pelos seus principaes, e Justiças seculares, com inhibiçaõ das administrações dos Regulares, derogando todas as Leis, Regimentos, Ordens, e Disposições contrarias. (Dated 7 June 1755).
Folio. 4 pp. Wrappers. Small wormhole in outer margin.
The edict stripped the missionaries of all temporal control of the Indian aldeias in north Brazil and limited them to evangelical work among previously uncontacted tribes.
Marquês de Pombal, Cat. bibliográfico, p. 345 (96). Rodrigues 65. Gauz, ...
£65
[American Indians]
Alvará de Ley, porque V. Magestade he servido declarar, que os Vassallos deste Reino, e da America, que casarem com Indias della, naõ ficaõ com infamia alguma, antes se faráõ dignos da sua Real attençõ, e seraõ preferidas nas terras, em que se estabelecerem, para os lugares, e occupações, que couberem na graduaçaõ de suas pessoas; e seus filhos, e descendentes seraõ habeis, e capazes de qualque emprego, honra, ou Dignidade, sem que necessitem de dispensa alguma, em razaõ destas alianças, em que se comprehendem as que já se achaõ feitas antes desta Resoluçaõ; e que o mesmo se praticará com as Portuguezas, que casarem com Indios, e a seus filhos, e descendentes . . . (Dated 4 April 1755.)
Folio. (1) f. Wrappers. Small wormhole in outer margin just touching text.
The edict theoretically ended all racial discrimination, declaring that half-castes "will be fit and capable of any employment, honour or dignity."
Marquês de Pombal, Catálogo Bibliográfico e iconográfico,...
£60
[HOYLE, Edmond]
Breve tratado do Jogo do Whist, que contem as leis do jogo, e algumas regras, pelas quaes se póde conseguir o jogá-lo bem. Addicionado com duas computações: huma sobre as apostas em qualquer ponto do jogo; e outra para dar a conhecer ao parceiro huma, e mais certas cartas. Traduzido da lingua ingleza na portugueza (by Luiz de Vasconcellos Botelho). Segunda Edição.
Small 8vo. 104 pp. Boards. Unopened copy. Title p. dust-stained.
Though apparently a barrister by profession, Edmond Hoyle (1671/2 - 1769) also gave lessons on playing whist, and his manuscript handbook on the subject developed into this famous and popular work. He was the first to write scientifically on the game, his Short...
£150
HOLSTEIN, Henri La Fayette Villaume Ducoudray
Memoirs of Simon Bolivar, President Liberator of the Republic of Colombia: and of his principal generals; comprising a secret history of the revolution, and the events which preceded it, from 1807 to the present time. 2 vols.
12mo. I: xii, 359 pp., with engraved portrait of Bolivar as frontispiece, large folding map of Colombia in facsimile; II: iv, 308 pp. Later half calf (extremities rubbed, back cover of Vol. I worn & upper joint starting to split). Folding map in facsimile, some pencilled annotations.
“By a former Napoleonic officer...
£380
HALL, Basil
Extracts from a Journal, written on the coasts of Chili, Peru and Mexico in the years 1820, 1821, 1822. 2 vols. 3rd edition.
8vo. I: xx, 379 pp., 1 folding map; II: xii, 304, 71 pp. Recent half calf, spines gilt.
"One of the best descriptions of events on the west coast as seen by a British naval officer" (Griffin, Latin America. A guide to the historical literature, 3457, of the Philadelphia 1824 edition). "Hall was posted to the Conway, a 26-gun...
£280
[Gypsies].
Alvará de Ley, por que Vossa Magestade he servido ordenar, que no Estado do Brazil, os rapazes de pequena idade, filhos de Siganos, se entreguem judicialmente a Mestres, que lhes ensinem os officios, e artes mecanicas; e aos adultos se lhes assente praça de Soldados, e por alguns tempos se repartaõ pelo Presidios de sorte, que nunca estejaõ muitos juntos em hum mesmo Presidio, ou se façaõ trabalhar nas obras públicas, pagando-se-lhes o seu justo salario; prohibindo-se a todos poderem commerciar em bestas, e escravos, e andarem em ranchos . . (Dated 20 September 1760.)
Folio. 4 pp. Wrappers. Inside margins trimmed.
The law forbade gypsies deported to Brazil to trade in animals, slaves or carry arms, or to congregate in separate communities, on pain of being transported to the Islands...
£70
[Grão Pará & Maranhão Company.]
Instituiçaõ da Companhia Geral do Graõ Pará, e Maranhaõ. (at end): Alvará, por que Vossa Magestade, pelos respeitos nelle declarados, ha por bem confirmar os Capitulos, e Condiçoens da Companhia do Graõ Pará . . (Dated 6 & 7 June 1755.)
Folio. 20 pp. (pp. 3-9 signed Aii – Av, pp. 11-19 unsigned). Wrappers.
“The Company of Grão Pará and Maranhão was given the exclusive right to all commerce and navigation of the captaincies for a period of twenty years. Pombal also decreed the expulsion from the whole of Brazil of the comissários volantes at this time. ...
£200
GOULÃO, Antonio Sanches
Principios geraes de Mechanica, indispensaveis para o estudo da physica experimental.
8vo. xv, (l), 322 pp. With 17 folding plates of mathematical & technological diagrams. Contemporary mottled calf. With some pencilled annotations throughout, a few in ink, faint stain on pp. 9-16.
In this little-known text book the author stresses the importance of steam-powered machines. He was professor of physics at...
£80
GONZÁLEZ de SALCEDO, Pedro
Examen de la Verdad en respuesta à los Tratados de los derechos de la Reyna Christianissima sobre varios estados de la Monarchia de España.
4to. (7) ff., 374 pp. (misnumbered 376). With beautiful title page engraved by Pa. Villafranca. Contemporary vellum (worn). Lacks final blank f., some ink marks & ownership stamp on title p.
The author makes a detailed study of the claims made by Queen Maria Teresa of France on behalf of Louis XIV to certain duchies and...
£500
G[ONZAGA], T[omas] A[ntónio]
Marilia de Dirceo. Parte I. Nova edicção. (& Parte II.)
12mo. 226 pp. Contemporary calf (head of spine worn). Ownership signature & stamped initials on title p. Some ink markings on fore edge.
“There is no doubt that Tomás Antônio Gonzaga is one of the fine love poets of the world . . if one had no other reason for learning Portuguese, the desire to read his poems would be sufficient...
£220
G[ONZAGA], T[omas] A[ntónio]
Marilia de Dirceo. Parte I. Nova edicção.
12mo. 226 pp. Recent leather, preserving original calf label.
"Thomas Antonio Gonzaga (1744-1807?) was a judge at Bahia when he was accused of taking part in the Republican conspiracy of Minas Geraes (1789), and after three years' imprisonment was deported (1792) to Mozambique, where he died several years after his sentence had expired. . . His lyras...
£350
[GOMES, Bernardino António (the elder)]
Analyse das sentenças proferidas pelo Tribunal da Nunciatura, no pleito de divorcio proposto por D. Leonor Violante Roza Morão, a Bernardino Antonio Gomes.
8vo. 36 pp. Wrappers. Word crossed through on p. 18. Title p. slightly discoloured & with small hole in inner margin. Last p. soiled.
A fascinating account of a tempestuous marriage. Bernardino António Gomes, one of Portugal's most illustrious physicians, who was created an official physician in 1817, made an...
£150
GOMES, Bernardino Antonio (the elder)
Memoria sobre os meios de diminuir a elephantiase em Portugal, e de aperfeiçoar o conhecimento, e cura das Doenças cutaneas. Offerecida às Cortes de Portugal de 1821.
Small 4to. 60 pp., (1) f. with errata. Contemporary wrappers (worn). Title p. slightly discoloured.
In this rare work Bernardino Gomes comments on the cases of elephantiasis he had observed in both Portugal and Brazil. He deplores the lack of knowledge of the cause of the disease, and recommends establishing a hospital specializing in skin...
£420
GOMES, Bernardino Antonio (the younger)
Flora Fossil do Terreno Carbonifero das Visinhanças do Porto, Serra do Bussaco, e Moinho d’Ordem próximo a Alcacer do Sal. Flore fossile du terrain carbonifère des environs du Porto, Serra do Bussaco, et Moinho d’Ordem près d’Alcacer do Sal. (Half-title p. Commissão geologica de Portugal. Primeiro opusculo. Vegetaes fosseis.)
4to. xiv, 44 pp., (1) f. With 6 lithographed plates showing fossil formations. Contemporary quarter calf (spine worn & defective, corners bumped).
Bound with:- Joaquim Filipe Nery da Encarnação DELGADO: Da Existencia do Homem no nosso solo em tempos mui remotos provada pelo estudo das cavernas. Primeiro Opusculo. Noticia...
£320
[Gold Mines.]
Alvará em forma de Ley, pelo qual V. Magestade ha por bem determinar a fórma porque se haõ de fazer os pagamentos dos Contratos Reaes das Minas, e das dividas Reaes, e particulares, que nellas se tiveram contrahido . . . (Dated 9 November 1752.)
Folio. (1) f. Wrappers.
The edict sets out procedures for the payment of taxes in Minas Gerais. “One of the first measures of the new administration was to reform the methods of fiscalizing the gold production of the Brazilian mines . . . The foundry houses were in action by 1752 and during the coming decade this...
£40
[Gold.]
[A]Lvará (sic) com força de Lei, pelo qual ha Vossa Magestade por bem mandar cassar, e annullar o Alvará de onze de Novembro proximo passado, sobre a fórma de se fazerem nas Minas Geraes os pagamentos das dividas de Fazenda Real, e dos particulares com Ouro em pó . . . (Dated 21 December 1752).
Folio. (1) f. Wrappers. Tiny wormhole just affecting 1 letter.
The edict amends the Alvará of 9 November 1752 and permits payment of taxes to the Royal Exchequer to be made in gold dust.
Marquês de Pombal. Catálogo Bibliográfico e iconográfico, p. 341, 50. Gauz, Portuguese and Brazilian Books in the...
£50
[Goa.]
O Tratado Anglo-Portuguez de 26 de Dezembro de 1878. O Sr. João de Andrade Corvo e Os povos da India Portugeza. Seguido da traducção do Bombay Abkary Act 1878 por Constancio Roque da Costa . . .
8vo. 48 pp. Original wrappers (worn). Unopened copy.
In this rare work the author studies the terms of the Bombay Abkari Act of 1878 which consolidated and amended the duties levied on the consumption of spirits and liquor in the district of Bombay treaty, and compares the systems of British and Portuguese colonization.
The...
£180
[Goa.]
Breve noticia, que se dá ao publico Para consolaçaõ dos Portuguezes, Dos successos, que aconteceraõ no Estado da Nossa India, Desde o mez de Janeiro de 1757., até o de 1760.
Small 4to. (3) ff., 22 pp. Quarter cloth. Some discolouration throughout, worming repaired in lower corner of pp. 9-22.
A rare work giving valuable information about Portuguese India. By 1757 the Portuguese had lost extensive lands to the Marathas. The work describes the struggle against Sarde Say Quema Saunto...
£400
GIRÃO, Antonio Lobo de Barbosa Ferreira Teixeira (Visconde de Villarinho de S. Romão)
Economia rural e domestica ou ensaio sobre os gados lanigero e cornigero sobre o methodo de os criar, apascentar, preservar das doenças que lhes são proprias, e curar-lhes quando as tiverem: bem como sobre a maneira de criar, e tractar os animaes domesticos de todas as qualidades, e de lhes criar as molestias que os accometten, particularmente os cavallos: com avisos mui importantes aos lavradores sobre objectos ruraes e economicos. 2 vols.
Small 4to. I: xi, (1), 328 pp.; II: 438 pp., (1) f. with errata, 1 folding plate. Near contemporary calf (binding of Vol. I rubbed, Vol. II rebacked). Ownership stamp on title p. of Vol. I, some pencil scribbles in Vol. II.
A rare copy of a handbook for popular use, written in a simple style, giving guidance on agricultural pursuits, covering such...
£950
GIRÃO, Antonio Lobo de Barbosa Ferreira Teixeira (Visconde de Villarinho de S. Romão)
Tratado theorico e pratico da agricultura das vinhas, da extracção do mosto, bondade, e conservação dos vinhos, e da distillação das agoas ardentes.
Small 4to. 239, LVIII pp., (4) ff., 1 folding plan giving calculations for the sizes of casks & 3 folding engraved plates showing distillation apparatuses. Contemporary calf. Tiny hole in p. 239/240, otherwise a good copy.
The work covers such matters as the cultivation of vines, precautions against natural phenomena and disease, wine...
£400
GIRÃO, Antonio Lobo de Barbosa Ferreira Teixeira (Visconde de Villarinho de S. Romão)
Tratado theorico e pratico sobre a Maneira de Construir Fogões de Sala economicos e salubres.
Small 4to. (2) ff., 103 (1 blank) pp., (2) ff. With 2 large folding plates of fireplaces. Original wrappers. Copy partly unopened.
Domestic technology evolved in the wake of the industrial revolution, and in the early 19th century new scientific gadgets were installed for greater comfort in both houses and institutional buildings. Girão was...
£90
[GIBRALTAR.]
Printed copy of the order-in-council issued in the name of Earl Bathurst, Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated 19 March 1819, and signed Chetwynd, suspending the investigation into land titles in Gibraltar.
Folio, 4 unnumbered leaves. Reproduced is the Proclamation by Governor George Don dated 4 December 1817 referring to the order of 13 August 1817 by the Prince George, the Prince Regent, obliging those not natural born subjects or Protestants to register at the Office of the Civil Secretary and make an annual payment of ten dollars [f. (4) verso], and a copy of the letter dated 31...
£380
[GERONA]
Respuesta por los Protectores de los Aniversarios Presbyterales de la Santa Iglesia de Gerona, a las Dudas, que se han dado en la Real Sala . . en la instancia de revista de la Real Sentencia Proferida en 2. de Octubre 1748. en el pleyto que siguen; contra el Ayuntamiento y Particulares de la Villa de Figueras.
Folio. Title p. with title inside decorative typographical border, 38 pp. Boards. Some faint foxing on title p.
A curious law case involving the non-payment of taxes on olives and olive oil to which the church was entitled.
£50
GATTEL, Claude-Marie
The New Pocket Dictionary, of the English and Spanish Languages, carefully compiled from the most approved English and Spanish dictionaries; Nuevo Diccionario Portatil Español é Ingles, compuesto segun los mejores diccionarios que hasta ahora salido a luz en ambas naciones. 2 vols.
16mo. I: English and Spanish, (4) ff., 445 (misnumbered 447) pp.; II: Español é Ingles, (8) ff., 461 pp. Contemporary half calf. Short marginal tear repaired in Vol. I, p. 415/6.
A translation of Abbé Gattel's Nouveau Dictionnaire espagnol, first published in Lyons, 1770. He taught philosophy in Lyons and grammar in Grenoble, and was...
£90
GASELEE, Stephen
The Spanish Books in the Library of Samuel Pepys. Supplement to the Bibliographical Society’s Transactions, No. 2.
4to. 49, (1) pp. Original printed wrappers. Unopened copy.
£20
[GARRETT, João Baptista de Silva Leitão de Almeida (Visconde de Almeida Garrett)]
(Printed copy of letter to King Ferdinand of Portugal proposing the formation of the Companhia Geral da Provincia de Moçambique, dated Lisbon, 27 July 1854). Followed by the Articles of the proposed company and "Exposição resumida sobre a projectada Companhia, e sobre a Provincia de Moçambique" (dated 26 January 1855).
Folio. 11 pp. Wrappers.
Though mooted in 1854 the General Company of the Province of Mozambique failed to gain the support of the king or the overseas ministry, and was still-born, despite the appointment of the Visconde de Sá de Bandeira...
£40
[GARRETT, João Baptista de Silva Leitão de Almeida (Visconde de Almeida Garrett)]
Portugal na balança da Europa; do que tem sido e do que ora lhe convem ser na nova ordem de coisas do mundo civilizado.
Small 4to. xv, 338 (1) pp. Near contemporary quarter calf (front joint starting to split). Some very occasional spotting.
First edition. Almeida Garrett, the celebrated and flamboyant poet and dramatist, then in self-imposed exile in London, threw himself into promoting the liberal cause in Portugal. He had become secretary to the...
£300
[GÁLVEZ, José de]
Reales Ordenanzas para la Direccion, Régimen y Gobierno del Importante Cuerpo de la Minería de Nueva-España, y de su Real Tribunal General. De Orden de Su Magestad.
Large 4to. (2) ff. with engraving of arms of the King of Spain and title p., 46, 214 pp. Recent half calf in the style of the period. Faint traces of marginal worming repaired throughout, without loss of text.
First edition of an important and influential work. This celebrated and comprehensive code was drawn up by...
£720
[GALVÃO, Innocêncio da Rocha]
Historia completa das Inquisições de Italia, Hespanha, e Portugal. Ornada com sete estampas analogas nos principaes objectos que nella se tratão.
8vo. X, 294 pp. With 7 engraved plates. Near contemporary calf. Pencilled notes on front & back free endpapers. Ownership stamp and signature on title p.
First edition. In 1820 the Inquisition was finally suppressed in Portugal. Pp. 264-294 contain details of five trials before the Inquisition in Spain, said...
£400
FULTON, Robert
Tratado do melhoramento da Navegação por Canaes, onde se mostraõ as numerosas vantagens, que se podem tirar dos pequenos canaes, e barcos de dous até cinco pe's de largo, que contenhaõ duas até cinco toneladas de carga, com huma descripção das maquinas precisas para facilitar a conduçcaõ por agua por entre os mais montanhosos paizes, sem dependencia de comportas, e aqueductos; incluindo observações sobre a grande importancia das communicações por agua com reflexões e desenhos para aqueductos, e pontes de ferro, e madeira . . . Escrito na lingua inglesa . . . e traduzido para a portuguesa sob os auspicios, e de mandado de S. Alteza Real O Principe Regente Nosso Senhor, por Antonio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrade Machado da Silva . . . Publicado por Fr. Jose Mariano da Conceição Velloso.
4to. (8) ff., 114 pp., with 18 plates (13 folding) engraved by Inácio José de Freitas & Manuel Luis Rodrigues Viana. Contemporary calf (front cover very worn). Outer margin of plate 14 just shaved, tear repaired in inner margin of plate 12, slight traces of worming in top inner margin of pp. 77 – 88, lacks back free end paper.
The work is a...
£750
FREITAS, João Antonio da Sylveira e
Feudal Tributo dedicado em tom de poema á Felicissima Acclamaçaõ, e exaltaçaõ ao throno da Augustissima Rainha D. Maria I . .
8vo. 11 pp. Wrappers. Margins slightly discoloured.
A poem of praise on the accession of Queen Maria I. The poet is unknown to Innocêncio.
WorldCat lists 1 copy only.
£40
FREIRE de ANDRADE, Jacinto
Vida de Dom João de Castro, Quarto Viso-Rey da India . . e agora terceira vez impressa.
4to. (4) ff., 490 pp. With woodcut on p. 59. Contemporary calf. F. (4) discoloured, lower margin of p. 59/60 & outer margin of p. 359/360 & p. 443/444 repaired, occasional damp-staining in margins, some discolouration in signatures L-N & T-Ss, small ink stain on p. 431.
Freire de Andrade’s biography of João de Castro...
£320
FREIRE, Francisco José
O Secretario Portuguez compendiosamente instruido no modo de escrever Cartas por meyo de huma instrucçam preliminar, regras de Secretaria, Formulario de tratamentos, e hum grande numero de Cartas em todas as especies, que tem mais uso.
4to. (7) ff., (1) blank f., (26) ff., 439 pp. Ink corrections on pp. 76 & 100. Slight traces of worming in lower margin of pp. 213-224.
The very rare first edition of a very popular and frequently reprinted work. The writer, who championed the cause of the purity of style in Portuguese, laments the lack of enthusiasm of the...
£500
FREIRE, Francisco José
Reflexões sobre a lingua portugueza, escriptas por . . . Publicadas com algumas annotações pela Sociedade Propagadora dos Conhecimentos Uteis. (Parts I – III.) (Vol. 2 of Collecção de Inéditos publicados pela Sociedade Propagadora dos Conhecimentos Uteis).
8vo. xxiv, 181 pp., (1) f.; 185 pp., (1) f.; 140 pp., (2) ff. Contemporary quarter calf. Some slight spotting, otherwise a good copy.
Printed some hundred years after it was written and edited by the Indo-Portuguese scholar, Joaquim Heliodoro da Cunha Rivara, this is the first edition of a notable 18th century work on the Portuguese language. ...
£270
FREIRE, Antonio de Oliveira
Descripçam corografica do Reyno de Portugal, que contem huma exacta relaçam de suas Provincias, Comarcas, Cidades, Villas, Freguezias, montes, rios, portos com a sua situaçaõ, extensaõ, e limites, a qualidade de cada paiz, as fortalezas, o numero, costumes, e commercio dos seus habitantes, as principaes dignidades Ecclesiasticas, os titulos honorificos de sua Nobreza, a serie, e acçoens mais famosas de seus Reys, e tudo o mais memoravel desta antiga, e illustre Monarchia.
8vo. (6) ff., 168 pp. With 1 folding map of Portugal engraved by Olivarus Cor. Contemporary calf (scuffed, head & foot of spine chipped). Tear repaired in inner margin of map, some slight staining.
First edition. The author traces the geography and history of Portugal from its earliest times to the mid-18th century....
£400
FREIRE, Antonio de Oliveira
Descripçam Corografica do Reyno de Portugal, que contem huma exacta relaçam de sua Provincias, Comarcas, Cidades, Villas, Freguezias, montes, rios, portos com a sua situaçaõ, extensaõ, e limites, a qualidade de cada paiz, as fortalezas, o numero, costumes, e commercio dos seus habitantes, as principaes dignidades Ecclesiasticas, os titulos honorificos de sua Nobreza, a serie, e acçoens mais famosas de seus Reys, e tudo o mais memoravel desta antiga, e illustre Monarchia.
8vo. (4) ff., 168 pp. Contemporary calf. Ownership stamp on title p., some manuscript annotations, tiny wormhole in lower margin of pp. (1)-48 not affecting text, short tear repaired in pp. 13/14 & 129/130.
The author traces the geography and history of Portugal from its earliest times to the mid-18th century, and...
£120
[Free Trade Decree.]
Reglamento y aranceles reales para el comercio libre de España a Indias de 12. de octubre de 1778.
4to. (2) ff., 19, (1 blank), 262 pp. With engraved frontispiece depicting the Royal arms. Contemporary calf (head of spine worn, foot of spine defective). Slight water-staining in preliminary ff, occasional contemporary ink annotations.
"On 12 October 1778 a reglamento establishing 'a free and protected trade' and consolidating all the...
£800
FRANCO, Francisco de Mello
Tratado da educaçaõ fysica dos meninos, para uso da Naçaõ portugueza. Publicado por ordem da Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa.
Small 4to. viii, 119 (1) pp., (2) ff. Later half calf (corners bumped, top corner of front cover defective).
First edition. “This is the first book published by a Brazilian on child medical care and is very rare” (Borba de Moraes). Melo Franco shows himself to be conversant not only with the most recent ideas in the field of paediatrics...
£800
FONSECA, Christoval de
Primera Parte de la Vida de Christo, Señor Nuestro . . . Van emendados en esta impression algunos descuydos de la primera, Y añadidas cosas de mucha importancia.
8vo. (4), 341, (13) ff. (with errors in pagination). Title p. in red & black. With vignette of head of Christ on title p. & engraving of the Mater Dolorosa on f. Vv8, head-pieces on ff. (2), ff. 1 & 341 (verso) and tail-pieces on ff. (2), (4) & last f. (verso), engraved initial C on f. 341 (verso). Vellum (recased). O...
£500
[FERNYHOUGH, Thomas]
Military Memoirs of Four Brothers . . engaged in the service of their country, as well in the New World and Africa, as on the Continent of Europe. By the Survivor.
8vo. xi, 275 pp. With 8 engraved plates. Original cloth (extremities rubbed, spine faded), original paper label on spine. Some very occasional spotting & foxing on margins of plates, otherwise a fine copy.
First edition and presentation copy from the "author and surviving brother" to - Price Esq. Of the four brothers, John, saw...
£450
FEIJÓ, Joaõ de Moraes Madureira
Orthographia, ou Arte de Escrever, e pronunciar com acerto a Lingua Portugueza para uso do Excellentissimo Duque de Lafoens . . . Divide-se em tres partes, A primeira, de cada huma das letras, e da sua pronunciaçaõ. Das vogaes, e Dithongos. Dos accentos, ou tons da pronunciação. A segunda de como se dividem as palavras. Da pontuação, algumas abbreviaturas, conta dos Romanos, e Latinos, Calendas, Nonas, e Idos. A terceira dos erros do vulgo, e emendas da Orthografia, no escrever, e pronunciar toda a lingua Portugueza, verbos irregulares, palavras dubias, e as suas significaçoens. Huma breve instrucçaõ para os Mestres das Eschólas. Terceiro impresssaõ mais correcta.
8vo. 495 pp. Contemporary calf (head of spine defective, foot of spine worn). Small piece torn from lower margin of title p., slight traces of worming in outer margin of pp. (1) - 20 & lower margin of pp. 33 - 56 & pp. 271 - 298, a few ink stains on pp. 254-55.
Father Madureira Feijó's grammer was held to be the most authorative work on the...
£380
[Evora.]
Regulamento das Quadrellas e Formulario para o Serviço Clinico d’estas e do Hospital do Espirito Santo. Approvados pela Mesa da Santa Casa da Misericordia d’Evora em suas sessões de 10 e 11 de dezembro de 1879.
8vo. Pp. 1-(16), (1) f., pp. (17)-90, (1). With 2 folding diagrams. Original printed wrappers (worn, lacking back wrapper). Very occasional spotting, tip of top corner of 1st diagram torn off, tear repaired in fold of 2nd diagram.
The regulations govern the medical care to the poor and infirm in late 19th century Portugal, and...
£50
ESCHWEGE, Wilhelm Ludwig von (Baron)
Asphalto, particularmente o Asphalto artificial Portuguez. Reflexões dirigidas aos Engenheiros e Architetos.
4to. 18 pp. Original printed wrappers (worn). Library stamp on title page.
The renewed interest in asphalt in the early 19th century for paving streets and as a waterproofing material led Eschwege to study its uses and to promote them in Portugal. He writes in amazed tones of the numerous carriages using the newly asphalted Oxford Street...
£80
[English Revolution of 1688.]
Noticias de Alemanha, & Inglaterra. Publicadas nesta Corte em 15. de Fevereiro de 1689.
8vo. 14 pp. Wrappers. Pp. damp-stained. Short tear repaired in p. (1)/2.
An account of the English Revolution of 1688. The pamphlet reproduces William III’s declaration, dated 8 December 1688 in the Castle of Scherbrut (? Sherborne), that he will rescue them from Catholicism and the embraces of the French and the Jesuits. ...
£50
[Education.]
Alvará, pelo qual Vossa Magestade declarando, modificando, e reformando a Determinação da Lei . . . Ha por bem que os Vinagres, e Aguas ardentes, que se fizerem dos Vinhos, que já forão collectados, não paguem segunda vez este Subsidio: Que os Vinhos Verdes paguem sómente cento e vinte reis por pipa . . . (Dated 7 July 1787.)
Folio. 6 pp. Wrappers.
Further reforms to the Portuguese educational system were carried out in 1787. The act corrects abnormalities in that passed on 10 November 1772 where taxation to pay the Literary Subsidy was twice levied on the same wine, brandy, vinegar and other commodities. Such duplicate taxation was to be cancelled.
...
£65
[Education.]
Alvará de Declaração dos Paragrafos Setimo da Carta de Lei, e Terceiro do Alvará de dez de Novembro do ano proximo precedente . . . (Dated 15 February 1773.)
Folio. (2) ff. Wrappers.
The law refers to taxes paid on wine, which financed expenditure on both the military and education, and clarifies details of that of 1772 which established the terms of the Literary Subsidy to pay teachers’ salaries.
Marquês de Pombal. Catálogo Bibliográfico e iconográfico, 675.
...£60
[Education.]
Lei, por que Vossa Magestade he servido occorrer aos funestos Estragos das Escolas Menores; fundando-as de novo; e multiplicando-as nos seus Reinos, e todos seus Dominios, debaixo da Inspecção da Real Meza Censoria . . . (Dated 6 November 1772.)
Folio. 7 pp. Wrappers.
Thirteen years after beginning his educational reform and with the additional funds provided by the Junta de Providência Literaria, Pombal turned his attention to elementary schools. In the first attempt at universal education in the kingdom, he set up numerous such schools throughout Portugal and her colonies, and aimed to...
£60
[Education.]
Alvará de Lei . . establece a fórma da arrecadação do Subsidio determinado para a manutenção dos Mestres, e Professores das Escolas menores; assim na Cidade do Porto, e Territorio della, como nos lugares de Sima do Douro: Encarregando a Junta da Companhia Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do mesmo Douro da arrecadação, distribuição, e entrega delle; e do outro Subsidio Militar establecido nos Vinhos, e Barcos, que os transportam; a Meza do Consulado da Alfandega daquella Cidade da percepção dos outros Direitos do Bacalháo, Ferro, Sola, e Sal pertencentes ao dito Subsidio Militar: E abolindo a Casinha, em que até agora se pagáram os referidos Direitos . . (Dated 10 November 1772.)
Folio. 6 pp. Wrappers.
Thirteen years had elapsed since Pombal first began his reform of Portuguese education. New efforts...
£40
[Earthquakes.]
Relaçam, e Noticia dos Reinos, e Cidades da Christandade, que tem tomado a S. Francisco de Borja Por Patrono contra os Terremotos. Beneficios, que recebèraõ seos habitadores com este Patrocinio.
8vo. 12 pp. Wrappers.
A curious pamphlet giving an account of recent earthquakes, of how people were saved through the intervention of St. Francis of Borja, and advocating adopting his aid. According to the anonymous author, the work is taken from Relación de los Patronatos que tiene San Francisco de Borja en varios Reynos y Ciudades de la Christiandad contra...
£55
[DUMOURIEZ, Charles-François du Périer]
État présent du Royaume de Portugal, en l’année MDCCLXVI.
12mo. XVI, 304 pp. Near contemporary vellum over boards. A good copy apart from a small ink spot on p. 291/292.
First edition. Dumouriez, then an officer in the French army, spent a year in Portugal in 1766 as a political observer for the French. This interesting, candid and detailed description of the country appeared without the...
£500
[Drapers' Shops]
Estatutos dos Mercadores de Retalho.
Folio. (1) f., 14 pp., (3) ff. Vignette on title p. Wrappers.
Together with: Alvará, porque V. Magestade ha por bem confirmar os Estatutos dos Mercadores de Retalho . . . (Dated 16 December.) Folio. (3) ff. (Lisbon, n.pr, 1757). ...
£40
DICKSON, James
Fasciculus plantarum cryptogamicarum britanniae lusitanorum botanicorum in usum, Celsissimi ac Potentissimi Lusitaniae Principis Regentis Domini Nostri, et Jussu, et Auspiciis denuo typis mandatus, curante Fr. Josepho Mariano Veloso.
Small 4to. (2) ff., 94 pp. With 18 plates engraved by José Joaquim Marques, after James Sowerby. Recent quarter calf. Tiny wormhole in upper margin of pp. (1) - 32, some slight staining, otherwise a good copy.
“Although his daily work concerned cultivated plants and vegetables, Dickson's reputation as a botanist rested on his studies of...
£450
[Anon.]
O Diabrete. 1835. Nos. 9 - 23; 25 - 28.
8vo. Pp. (65)-184; (193)-224. Wrappers. Library stamp on first title p.
The irreverent and outspoken periodical enthusiastically supports the cause of D. Pedro and D. Maria da Glória and virulently opposes the reactionary policies of D. Miguel. It was printed, in 48 numbers in all, from early 1835 to October of the same year. ...
£70
SEABRA da SILVA, José (attibuted to)
Deducção Chronologica, e Analytica. Parte primeira, na qual se manifestão pela successiva serie de cada hum dos Reynados da Monarquia Portugueza, que decorrêrão desde o Governo do Senhor Rey D. João III. até o presente, os horrorosos estragos, que a Companhia denominada de Jesus fez em Portugal, e todos seus Dominios, por hum Plano, e Systema por Ella inalteravelmente seguido desde que entrou neste Reyno, até que foi delle proscripta, e expulsa pela justa, sabia, e providente Ley de 3. de Setembro de 1759. Dada à luz pelo Doutor Jozeph de Seabra da Sylva . . . para servir de instrucção, e fazer parte do recurso, que o mesmo Ministro interpoz, e se acha pendente na Real Presença do dito Senhor, sobre a indispensaval necessidade, que insta pela urgente Reparação de algumas das mais attendiveis entre as Ruinas, cuja existencia se acha deturpando a Authoridade Regia, e opprimindo o Publico Socego. 3 vols.
4to. I: (4) ff., viii, 566 pp., (1) f.; II: (2) ff., xvi, 260 pp., (1) f. with separate title, 59 pp. (new title p. on p. 169); III: (8) ff., 312 pp. Title pp. in red & black. Contemporary calf (rebacked). Some faint staining in Vol. I.
First edition of this weighty and influential book which attacked the Jesuits. Its...
£800
DALLA BELLA, João Antonio
Noticias Historicas, e Praticas ácerca do modo de defender os edificios dos Estragos dos Raios.
8vo. (8) ff., 88 pp. With 1 folding engraved plate of scientific instruments. Contemporary calf, lower joint worn. Ownership signature on first title p. Marginal tear repaired in p. 15/16 of 2nd work.
Together with, at head of page: De vi electrica Artificiali, nempe Arte excitata. 56 pp.
Dalla...
£380
DALLA BELLA, Joaõ Antonio
Memorias e observacões sobre o modo de aperfeiçoar a manufactura do azeite de oliveira em Portugal. Remittidas á Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa.
Small 4to. xiii, 137, (1) pp. With 1 folding plate showing the stages of oil manufacture & engraved head-pieces on pp. iii & (1). Contemporary calf, spine gilt (head & foot of spine worn). Ownership signature on title p., top corner of pp.87-104 repaired, small wormhole in lower margin of pp. 105-end of 1st work; tear repaired in outer...
£400
[Customs Houses]
Por decreto . . Fui servida nomear as Pessoas, que havião servir os empregos novamente creados nos Armazens de Guiné, e India, e no Arsenal Real da Marinha . . (Dated 3 June 1793.)
Folio. (4) ff. Wrappers.
Pombal's dismissal in 1777 hastened the decline of Portuguese India. The warehouses of West African Guinea, India and the Portuguese Royal Naval Arsenal were reorganized in 1793. In 1785 the two posts of General Superintendent of Customs had been abolished since their presence had contributed little to ending...
£60
[Customs Duties.]
Alvará com força de Lei, porque Vossa Magestade absolve o Trigo, Farinha, Centeio, Milho, Aveia, Legumes, e todos os outras semelhantes Grãos, dos Direitos, que com intoleraveis abusos pagáram até agora nos Portos do Reino do Algarve; mandando observar a respeito delles o mesmo, que se observa na Cidade de Lisboa, sem alguma differença . . . (Dated 18 January 1773.)
Folio. (2) ff. Wrappers.
Pombal was anxious to encourage agriculture and principally food production in Portugal to feed the inhabitants of Lisbon in particular, and therefore abolished all customs duties on the transport of foodstuffs.
Marquês de Pombal. Catálogo Bibliográfico e iconográfico, 672.
£65
[Anon]
Cultura Americana que contem huma relaçaõ do terreno, clima, producçaõ, e agricultura das colonias britanicas no norte da America, e nas Indias Occidentais, Com Observações sobre as vantagens, e desavantagens de se estabelecer nellas, em comparaçaõ com a Grã-Bretanha, e Irlanda. Por hum Americano. Traduzida da Lingua Ingleza, debaixo dos auspicios, e de ordem de sua Alteza Real o Principe Regente Nosso Senhor, Pelo Bacharel José Feliciano Fernandes Pinheiro . . . Publicado por Fr. José Mariano da Conceiçaõ Velloso . . . 2 vols. in 1.
Small 4to. I: (3) ff., 419 pp., (1) f. With 1 folding map printed at Arco do Cego & engraved by Neves. II: 179 pp., (3) ff. Near contemporary calf, spine gilt (slightly worn, head & foot of spine chipped). Signature Ss (pp. 321-28) of Vol. I in duplicate, some slight traces of worming on inside covers.
Cultura Americana...
£950
COUTO, Diogo do
Observações sobre as Principaes Causas da Decadencia dos Portuguezes na Asia, escritas . . em forma de Dialogo, com o titulo de Soldado Pratico . . With second title p.: Dialogo do Soldado Pratico Portuguez, . . entre hum Governador novamente eleito, e hum soldado antigo.
8vo. Pp. III-XIV, (1) f., 161 pp.; 110 pp. Recent quarter calf, spine richly gilt.
First edition of one of the most important Portuguese literary works, referred to by Rodrigues Lapa as "dos livros mais honrados da literatura portuguesa." Couto lived for many years in Goa, and his work, in which he vigorously criticizes the authorities, is a rich and...
£300
[Coimbra University]
Alvará, por que Vossa Magestade pelos motivos nelle declarados, extinguindo todos os Empregos, e Incumbencias, de que se compunha a Meza da Fazenda da Universidade de Coimbra, o seu Contador, Executor, e os mais Officiaes Subalternos della, com toda a fórma de arrecadação, que nella se praticava: He servido crear, e estabelecer huma Junta de Administração, e Arrecadação com Cofre, Thesoureiro, Contadoria, e Executoria . . . (Dated 28 August 1772.)
Folio. 7 pp. Wrappers.
Pombal’s comprehensive reform and micro-management of the University of Coimbra entailed installing a board of administrators responsible for controlling financial matters. He began “the overhauling of the University of Coimbra in 1772, which abolished the study of scholastic philosophy and put natural philosophy (or...
£65
COELLO de BARBUDA, Luis
Empresas Militares de Lusitanos.
8vo. (6), 334 ff. (f. 161 misnumbered 145). Recent vellum over boards, spine gilt. F. 102 (N6), frequently lacking, in facsimile. F. 161 misnumbered 145, title p. slightly soiled, small hole repaired just touching printed surface, last line of f. 91 verso & f. 94 recto poorly printed, tiny wormhole in upper margin of ff. 127-150, small marginal repairs...
£400
CICERO, Marcus Tullius
Tratados da Amizade, Paradoxos e Sonho de Scipião compostos por . . . Traduzidos de Latim em linguagem Portugueza por Duarte de Resende no anno de 1531. Segunda edição.
Small 8vo. XXI, 139 (1) pp. Wrappers.
Innocêncio praised this translation by for its fidelity and the grace and beauty of its language, which he considered admirably suited to the Latin original. Duarte de Resende was one of the poets included in the Cancioneiro Geral by Garcia de Resende. He served in India in 1522 and is...
£70
CIBRÃO, Ernesto Pego de Kruger
Luiz. Drama original em tres actos. Representado no Gymnasio Dramatico do Rio de Janeiro em 1859.
8vo. 95, (1) pp. Wrappers. Ownership signature on title p., tiny hole in p. 95 without loss.
First edition. Ernesto Cibrão, a poet and dramatist born in Portugal, wrote some nine plays, of which this very rare melodrama is apparently the only one printed. The plot tells how the nobleman, Duarte de Moraes, had in his youth seduced...
£300
[Ceramic Imports.]
Alvará . . permittir a introducção da louça amaréla de Inglaterra, em quanto nas Fabricas deste Reino se não manufacturar louça á semelhança della; revogando quanto a esta parte sómente o Alvará de 7 de Novembro de 1770, e prohibindo os lealdamentos da mesma louça . . . (Dated 10 December 1783.)
Folio. (2) ff. Wrappers. Small piece torn from inner margin.
With Pombal’s encouragement several new ceramic factories were established in Portugal in the second half of the 18th century, and were protected by royal charter. To stimulate domestic production in 1770 he forbade the import of foreign ceramics, but the ban on English...
£45
[Chile.]
A Diary of the Wreck of His Majesty’s Ship Challenger, on the Western Coast of South America, in May, 1835. With an account of the subsequent encampment of the officers and crew, during a period of seven weeks, on the south coast of Chili.
8vo. (2) ff., 140 pp. With 2 engraved folding plates, 1 folding map showing the situation of the wreck & 1 plan of the camp. Recent quarter calf (new end-papers). Marginal ms. annotations of pp. 29, 45 & 56. Piece torn from outer margin of p. 15/16 just touching 1 letter, tear repaired in outer margin of p. 13/14. ...
£420
[Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender.]
Manifesto de Carlos Eduardo de Inglaterra, Filho primogénito de Jacques Stuardo VI de Escocia, III de Inglaterra. Impresso, e publicado em Dublin em 22 de Agosto de 1745. Fielmente traduzido em Portuguez.
8vo. 8 pp. Recent wrappers. Some slight spotting.
The work is a virulent attack on George II for having reduced Britain to being a country subservient to the Duchy of Hanover, and the Thames a tributary of the River Leine in Hanover, and is translated from Extrait du manifeste de Charles Edouard d’Angleterre . . imprimé et publié à...
£80
[CASTRO y SERRANO, José de]
España en Londres. Cartas sobre la esposicion de 1862, publicadas en la Gaceta y coleccionadas en el folletin de El Diario.
12mo. Pp. (3) – 370 (with errors in pagination). Recent quarter cloth. Lacks half title (?). Printed on poor quality paper, pp. 49 & 158 badly printed but legible.
The author was an excellent and acute observer of the times and customs of his day, and contributed to the most prestigious Spanish periodicals of the mid-...
£270
[CASTRO, José Osorio da Gamma e]
O Novo Principe, ou o Espirito dos Governos Monarchicos, por ***. Segunda edição, Revista e consideravelmente augmentada pelo Autor.
8vo. 404 pp. Later quarter calf (head & foot of spine worn).
Imitating Machiavelli, the author sets out what he considers to be the present state of Portugal. He promotes the study of mathematics and medicine, and encourages agriculture and import substitution. Gama e Castro had previously been physician to D. Miguel, and when the political...
£95
[CASTRO, Bernardo José d'Abrantes e]
Memoria sobre a conducta do Dr. . . . desde a retirada de Sua Alteza Real o Principe Regente Nosso Senhor para a America.
8vo. (2) ff., 364 pp., 2 folding tables showing hospital expenses. Original boards (rebacked). Pp. browned, ownership stamp on title p., tiny wormhole in inner margin of pp. 151-166. Small piece torn from inner margin of Table 1, just touching printed border.
The author gives interesting and detailed observations on the wretched state of...
£280
CASTELLO BRANCO, Camillo
Espinhos e flores, drama original. Editor – A. Moutinho de Souza.
8vo. 65 pp., with a fine engraved portrait of the author as frontispiece. Recent calf, original blue printed wrappers bound in.
A fine copy of the very rare first edition of Camilo Castelo Branco’s play, and the first of Castelo Branco’s dramas to be performed in Lisbon at the Teatro Nacional, and according to Alexandre Cabral (Dicionário de Camilo ...
£700
CASEY, William
Nueva y completa Gramatica Inglesa para el uso de los Españoles, divida en cuatro partes . . . Revisada, corregida, y publicada, por A. Escudero.
Small 4to. (4) ff., pp. 1-138, 143-199. Contemporary quarter calf (back cover worn). Slit repaired in p. 89/90.
An apparently unrecorded edition of the work. The author comments in the preface that he had been influenced by George Shipton’s English grammar, printed in Cadiz in 1812, and states that he taught English at the College of Mahon (Minorca...
£150
CARVALHO, José de Vasconcellos Guedes de
Leis de Manú, Primeiro legislador da India: comprehendendo o officio dos juizes; deveres da classe commerciante e servil: leis civís e criminaes; vertidas em portuguez do original francez - Les livres sacrés de l’Orient - de Mr. G. Pauthier.
8vo. vi, 108 pp. Rexine. Pp. discoloured due to the quality of the paper.
The Hindu laws of Manu are are a compendium of ancient sacred laws and customs, based on custom and precedent and the teachings of the Veda. The work is a translation of the 8th and 9th sections, covering the administration of justice in civil and...
£40
CARVALHO, José Liberato Freire de
Ensaio Historico-Politico sobre a Constituição e Governo do Reino de Portugal; onde se mostra ser aquelle reino, desde a sua origem, uma monarquia representativa: e que o absolutismo, a superstição, e a influencia da Inglaterra são as causas da sua actual decadencia.
8vo. (1) f., 419 pp. Contemporary quarter calf.
The work is a virulent attack on Britain who the author blames primarily for Portugal’s unhappy political situation, and for the loss of Brazil. He condemns all recent Portuguese monarchs for their failures as leaders, though he has hopes that the nation will now prosper under the present regime of...
£180
CARVALHO, João Jorge de
Gaticanea, ou Cruelissima Guerra entre os Cães, e os Gatos, decidida em huma sanguinolenta batalha na grande Praça da Real Villa de Mafra.
Small 8vo. (2) ff., xi, 126 pp., 1 f. with instructions to binder. With 3 plates (2 folding). Contemporary calf (rubbed). Some occasional spotting.
First edition of this mock-heroic epic poem. It was probably influenced by Lope de Vega’s lengthy poem, La Gatomachia, though in the preface the poet writes...
£520
CARVALHO, Inácio Caetano de (Visconde de Bardês)
Apontamentos para a historia da revolta em Goa dos Soldados, Ranes e Satarienses em o anno de 1895.
4to. (2) ff., pp. (2)-89. Contemporary calf, original wrappers bound in. Presentation copy. Front wrapper repaired.
An interesting account of the simmering tensions and intrigues in Portuguese India in the late 19th century. As a native born Goan and a lawyer and influential journalist, the author was...
£550
CARVALHO, Custodio Rebello de
Das eleições em Inglaterra segundo o Novo Acto da Reforma, comparadas com as Eleições feitas em Portugal segundo a Lei de 1826, e accompanhadas de algûas observacões sobre o poder eleitoral e modo de o exercer nos dous paizes.
8vo. 110, (1) pp. Later wrappers. Small piece lacking in lower margin of last f.
Rebello de Carvalho describes the parliamentary system of Great Britain and sets out the necessary qualifications to become an elector, comparing it with the Portuguese parliamentary system. The Reform Act of 1832 in Britain extended the franchise, increasing the...
£60
CARVALHO, Custodio Rebello de
Da formação de hum Ministerio Constitucional, e da natureza e extensão do direito de mandar e da obrigação de obedecer: precedido de hûa Introducção Historico-Politico sobre Portugal.
8vo. iv pp., pp. (5)-40. Wrappers. Copy partly unopened. Tiny wormhole in inner margin, not affecting text, slight staining on title p & end p.
The author sets out his ideas for the formation of a constitutional ministry, largely based on the English model, and he criticises Portugal’s preoccupation with colonization, which has enriched...
£150
[CASTRO, João de]. CARVALHO, Antonio Nunes de (ed.)
Roteiro em que se contem a viagem que fizeram os Portuguezes no anno de 1541, partindo da nobre Cidade de Goa atee Soez, que he no fim, e stremidade do Mar Roxo. Com o sitio, e pintura de todo o Syno Arabico. Por Dom Ioam de Castro . . tirado a luz pela primeira vez do manuscrito original, e acrescentado com o Itinerarium Maris Rubri, e o retrato do author, etc., etc.
8vo. (2) ff., liv, IX, 334 pp., (1) f. With 2 engraved portraits & 1 folding facsimile chart. Contemporary calf, spine gilt (foot of spine worn). Lacks the atlas which is sometimes present. Some slight marginal worming just touching a few letters of text. Tear repaired in chart.
First edition, describing one...
£400
[CARVALHO, Antonio Feliciano de Santa Rita]
Reposta ao Folheto, que tem por titulo: Address of the Right Rev. Daniel O’Connor, D.D. Vicar Apostolic of Madras to the clergy and people of the See of Meliapor. Por hum Ecclesiastico do Arcebispado de Goa.
8vo. (1) f., 156 pp. Recent quarter calf.
Together with:- Resposta ao Folhetinho, que tem por Titulo: “Theological Opinion of an Eminent Catholic Divine, the Very Rev Father Jarrige, Missionary Apostolic at Pondicherry, on the subject of the Portuguese schism in India, to the Rigth (sic) Rev. Dr. O’Connor, Vicar Apostolic of Madras, on the 19th of...
£550
[Dª. Maria da Glória]
Carta Constitucional da Monarchia Portugueza, decretada, e dada pelo Rei de Portugal e Algarves D. Pedro, Imperador do Brasil, aos 29 de abril de 1826.
4to. (2) ff., 76 pp. Contemporary half calf (label removed on front cover). Some slight staining in lower margin.
Dª. Maria da Glória, the Brazilian Emperor D. Pedro’s infant daughter, had disembarked at Falmouth on 24 September 1828, from where she proceeded to London, where a copy of this handsomely printed Carta Constitucional was presented...
£600
CARNEIRO, Heliodoro Jacinto d'Araujo
Cartas dirigidas a S.M. El-Rey D. Joao VI. desde 1817. a cerca do Estado de Portugal e Brazil, e outros mais documentos escritos.
12mo. iv, 80 pp. Contemporary wrappers (worn). Six lines deleted on last page and substituted in manuscript.
“The Cartas are important and interesting documents for the study of Portuguese affairs in London and Rio de Janeiro before the Portuguese revolution and the independence of Brazil. They are very difficult to find today” (...
£800
[CARNEIRO, Heliodoro Jacinto de Araujo]
Algumas palavras em resposta ao que certas pessoas tem ditto e avançado à cerca do Governo Portuguez, com algumas observaçoes tanto a respeito do Estado actual de Portugal e da Europa como da extravagante e inexperada conducta do Governo Inglez com Portugal. Segunda edição corrigida e aumentada de hum appendice que contem observaçoes e factos relativos aos accontecimentos succedidos depois da primeira edição.
8vo. 99 pp. Contemporary wrappers (lacking lower corner of back cover). Some slight discolouration.
Second edition in Portuguese of this interesting commentary during a time when England exercised considerable influence over Portuguese politics. Araújo Carneiro supported D. Miguel, formerly regent of Portugal, and opposed those of his niece,...
£150
[CARNEIRO, Heliodoro Jacinto de Araujo]
A few words in answer to certain individuals respecting the Present State of Portugal, with some observations concerning the imposition practised upon the Brazilo-Portuguese bond-holders.
8vo. 62 pp. Later quarter morocco. Ownership signature on title p. deleted, otherwise a good copy.
The English version of Algumas palavras em resposta ao que certas pessoas tem ditto e avançado à cerca do Governo Portuguez is an approximate and abbreviated translation of the Portuguese, also printed in 1831, and may have appeared first, together with...
£250
[CAMPOS, Joaquim Pinto de]
Casamento civil.
Large 4to. 22 pp. Original wrappers (worn). Top inside margin worn.
The work traces the history of matrimony from Roman times to the 19th century, the opinions expressed being firmly against civil marriage and in favour of a religious ceremony, with some pained observations on the anti-religious sentiments of the French Revolution and the...
£70
CAMINHA, Gregorio Martins
Tractado da forma dos libellos, e das allegações judiciaes, e do Processo do juyzo secular, & Ecclesiastíco, & dos contratos cõ suas glosas . . Reformado do novo com addiçoes, e Annotações copiosas das Ordenações novas do Reyno, Leys de Castella, & modernos, & outras formas de Libellos, Petições, & Allegações judiciais, com a conferencia dos titulos das Ordenações antiguas com as novas, & Processo do Tribunal da legacia, & das Revistas. Compostas pello Doctor Joam Martins da Costa, avogado na Corte, & casa da Supplicação.
Small folio. (6), 128 ff. Recent vellum, new end papers. 19th century manuscript annotations on back free end-paper. Title p. slightly discoloured, top right-hand corner of title p., last f. and lower margin of ff. (1 - 6) repaired, tip of lower corners of ff. 19 - 39 repaired, faint water stain in top inner margin, small ink stain on f. 17 recto, short...
£380
[CALCUTTA.]
Noticia certa dos notaveis sucessos acontecidos na Azia contra os Inglezes, Os quaes tem quasi totalmente perdido quanto conservávaõ naquellas partes, ficando senhores de todas as Colonias os Francezes.
8vo. 7 pp. Wrappers. ...
£250
[BULWER LYTTON, Edward]
Leila; or, The Siege of Granada: and Calderon, the Courtier. By the author of “Eugene Aram,” “Rienzi,” &c. Illustrated with splendid engravings from Drawings by the most eminent artists . . .
8vo. Title p., xi, 400 pp. With frontispiece, 2nd engraved title p. & 13 plates. Original cloth (neatly rebacked, spine laid down).
First edition. By 1834, barely ten years after Bulwer the undergraduate was awarded the chancellor's medal for English verse at Cambridge, Bulwer the literary lion and best-seller was hailed by the American...
£50
BULLAR, Joseph & Henry
A winter in the Azores; and a summer at the baths of the Furnas. 2 vols.
8vo. I: xiv, 375 pp., with 18 vignettes in the text; II: ix, 390 pp., (5) ff. with meteorological observations and publishers’ catalogue, with 9 vignettes in the text. With vignettes on title pp. & coloured engraved frontispieces in both vols. Original cloth (worn, hinges starting to split). Manuscript annotations on last f. & back free end-paper...
£420
BRITO, Bernardo & António BRANDÃO
Monarchia Lusitana. (Collecção dos Principaes Auctores da Historia Portugueza, publicada com notas pelo . . Director . . da Academia Real das Sciencias). 7 vols. in 8.
Small 8vo. Primeira & Segunda Partes by Bernardo de Brito: - I: (2) ff., LVI pp., (22) ff., 453 pp.; II: (5) ff., 476 pp.; III: (l) f., 468 pp., (4) ff.; IV: (5) ff., 412 pp., (2) ff., 31 pp.; V: (1) f., 630 pp., (4) ff.; VI: (1) f., 592 pp., (4) ff.; Terceira & Quarta Partes by António BRANDÃO - I: (15) ff., 507 pp., (7...
£150
BOTELHO, Sebastião Xavier
Memoria Estatistica Sobre os Dominios Portuguezes na Africa Oriental.
8vo. (1) f., 400 pp., (2) ff., with 6 folding maps & plates. Contemporary calf. Tear repaired in map of Lourenço Marques & in plan of Cidade de Moçambique.
“Widely considered to mark the beginning of a specifically Mozambique bibliography since it was the first book to be devoted specifically to the territory” (C. Darch & C....
£300
BORGES, José Ferreira
Observaçoens sobre um opusculo intitulado: “Parecer de dous Concelheiros da Coroa Constitucional sobre os meios de restaurar o governo representativo em Portugal.”
8vo. 22 pp. Recent boards. One p. number just shaved, short tear repaired in outer margin of title p., discolouration on p. 15.
Ferreira Borges replies to proposals put forward for the government of Portugal by Silvestre Pinheiro Ferreira and Filipe Ferreira d’Araujo e Castro. He defends the idea of foreign mediation in the country’s affairs...
£150
BORGES, José Ferreira
Exame critico do valor politico das expressões Soberania do Povo, e Soberania das Cortes: e outro sim das bases da organisação do poder legislativo no Systema Representativo e da Sancção do Rei.
8vo. Pp. (3)-27. Wrappers. Lacks half title p. Tiny wormhole in inner margin of pp. (3)-24.
The work forms part of the debate between those favouring a liberal or a radical bias in the new constitution, which was to be introduced in the following year. The author, who had been a Councillor of State under D. Pedro IV, supports a...
£40
BORGES, José Ferreira
Synopsis Juridica do Contracto de Cambio Marítimo vulgarmente denominado Contracto de Risco.
8vo. viii pp., (2) ff., 172 pp. Later quarter calf (spine worn, corners bumped). Some faint spotting.
Written during his exile in London for political reasons, the author sets out rules governing maritime exchange and risk contracts, giving examples of how such contracts should be drawn up. Pp. 139-172 contain a detailed index. ...
£200
BORGES, José Ferreira
Principios de Syntelologia: comprehendendo em geral a Theoria do Tributo, e em particular Observaçoens sobre a Administração e Despezas de Portugal, em grande parte applicaveis ao Brazil.
Small 4to. xvi, 170, 72 pp., (1) f. with errata. Later quarter calf. Ownership signature on title p. A few faint ink stains.
The work is concerned with taxation, public finances and economic theory, and is the first by a Portuguese author to outline the basic principles of political economy. The author gives detailed information...
£380
BORGES, José Ferreira
Jurisprudencia do Contracto-Mercantil de Sociedade, segundo a Legislação, e Arestos dos codigos, e tribunaes das Naçoens mais cultas da Europa. Followed by: Appendices.
Small 4to. xvi, 238 pp. (1) f., 104, xxix pp., (1) f. Cloth.
First edition. The author states tht wrote the book because of the changing nature of early 19th century commerce. He studies commercial legislation then in force in Europe, and comments that the book will serve for commercial ends in both Portugal and Brazil. ...
£450
BORGES, José Ferreira
Instituiçoens de Economia Politica.
8vo. xxxix, (1 blank), 344 pp. Later quarter calf. Occasional very faint discolouration.
The author laments the failure in Portugal and Brazil to study economics which he considers essential for a nation’s good governance, and sets out his interpretation of a market economy. The work was written whilst the author was living in exile in...
£220
BORGES, José Ferreira
Instituiçoens de direito cambial portuguez, com referencias às Leis, Ordenaçoens, e Costumes das principaes praças da Europa acerca de Letras de Cambio.
Small 4to. 4 pp., (1) f., (5)-244, LXXX pp. Contemporary calf, spine gilt (foot of spine chipped). Ownership signature on title p., some slight staining.
First edition. One of the foremost economists of early 19th century Portugal, Ferreira Borges compiled the first Portuguese commercial code and was active in organizing commercial...
£400
[BORGES, José Ferreira]
O correio interceptado.
16mo. 297, (1), vi pp., (1) f. with errata. Original boards, paper label on spine, in cloth box.
The work consists of 63 “letters,” plus prologue, dated 1 November 1825 - 24 August 1826. Fearing reactionary repercussions to the Villa Franca revolt and the abolition of the 1822 Constitution the author fled to London in 1823 where he became part of the...
£450
[BORGES, José Ferreira]
Codigo Commercial Portuguez.
Small folio. (8) ff., 316 pp. With vignettes on pp. 40 & 308. Contemporary half calf (joints repaired). Traces of worming in upper margins not affecting text, more pronounced in pp. 19-120, & in lower margin of f. (4)-p. 6. Some slight damp-staining.
The first Portuguese commercial code, drawn up by the...
£500
[BORDIGNÉ, Pierre-Alexandre-Marie Thébaudin de, Baron de Bordigné]
D. Miguel I. Obra a mais completa e concludente que tem apparecido na Europa sobre a legitimidade e inauferiveis direitos do Senhor D. Miguel I. ao throno de Portugal. Traduzida do original francez . . . Segunda edição mais correcta.
Small 4to. VIII, 140 pp. With engraved frontispiece. Wrappers.
The work sets out the perceived rights to the throne of Portugal of D. Miguel, second son of D. João VI, in preference to those of his elder brother, D. Pedro. The main text appears on pp. 1-62 and “Notas Justificativas” and other supporting documents occupy pp. 63-138. ...
£230
BOMTEMPO, J.D.
Messe de Requiem à Quatre voix, Choeurs, et grand Orchestre avec Accompagnement de Piano à défaut d’Orchestre Ouvrage consacré à la Mémoire de Camoes. Oeuvre 23.
Folio. (1) f., 205 pp. Contemporary calf, spine richly gilt (re-cased, top left-hand corner of lower cover expertly repaired). Small ink spot on p.13. Lacks tip of top corner of p. 101/102. Tiny wormhole in inner margin of pp. 47-205.
This is Bomtempo’s masterpiece, according to Vieira, in which the style of Haydn predominates, and the work...
£2800
BLUTEAU, Rafael
Prosas Portuguezas, recitadas em differentes Congressos Academicos. 2 parts in 1 vol.
Small folio. (16) ff., 421, (3 blank) pp.; 383 pp. With 1 double p. diagram of cabbalistic letters. Contemporary sheepskin, covers blind-stamped (head & foot of spine slightly worn, front hinge weak). Marginal tear repaired in Pt. II, p. 77/8, otherwise a good copy.
First edition. Born in London of French...
£380
[BLASCHE, Bernhard Heinrich]
Arte de trabajar en carton toda clase de obras de utilidad y recreo.
Small 8vo. 103 pp., (1) f., with 8 folding plates showing pasteboard models. Original green printed wrappers (stained and worn).
First edition in Spanish of this scarce and attractive book for children, which gives instructions for modelling in pasteboard, with 8 explanatory plates. It is a translation of The art of working in pasteboard (...
£380
BELL, Alured Gray
The Beautiful Rio de Janeiro.
Large 4to. xix, 194 pp. Profuely illustrated with 58 colour plates, 3 maps (1 large folding), & numerous black & white illustrations in the text. Original cloth.
£50
BEERMAN, Erik
Francisco Requena: La expedición de límites. Amazonia, 1779-1795.
(1) f., 187 pp. With numerous illustrations in colour and monochrome Publishers’ original illustrated boards.
An account of the expedition led by Francisco Requena as head of the Spanish commission formed to to map and establish the boundaries between the Spanish and Portuguese territories in Amazonia from the mouth of the River Javarí to the Río Negro. His...
£45
BARROS, André de
Vida do Apostolico Padre Antonio Vieyra da Companhia de Jesus, chamado por antonomasia O Grande: Acclamado no Mundo por Principe dos Oradores Evangelicos, Prégador Incomparavel dos Augustissimos Reys de Portugal, Varaõ esclarecido em Virtudes, e Letras Divinas, e Humanas; Restaurador das Missões do Maranhaõ e Pará . . .
Large 4to. (13) ff., 686 pp. Title page in red & black. With frontispiece showing Padre António Vieira preaching to the Indians by Olivarius Cor, engraved by Carlos Grandi, and vignettes showing events in his life on title p., f. (2) recto, pp. 1, 117, 269, 367 & 513. Recent calf in the style of the period. Small stain on p. 29/30, traces...
£650
[BARBOSA, Domingos Caldas.]
Narração dos Applausos com que o Juiz do Povo e Casa dos Vinte-Quatro festeja a Felicissima Inauguração da Estatua Equestre onde tambem se expõem as Allegorias dos Carros, Figuras, e tudo o mais concernente ás ditas Festas.
8vo. 32, 19, 23, 34 pp. Contemporary soft boards (head of spine restored). Lacks front free end-paper.
Contents:- Exposição dos carros, suas figuras e allegorias, pp. (1)-32; Hymno, ode, e oração congratulatoria pela inauguração do Regio Monumento, pp. (1)-11; Hymno Para cantar-se por Musica, pp. 11-17; Ode...
£300
BARATA, Antonio Francisco
Memoria historica sobre a fundação da Sé de Evora e suas antiguidades.
8vo. 39 pp. Original printed wrappers. Some slight spotting.
First edition thus. From humble beginnings the author rose to become conservator of Évora Library and one of the most respected authors writing about his native city and historical subjects. He gives particular emphasis to the inscriptions on old...
£40
[Bankrupt Merchants.]
Alvará, porque V. Magestade ha por bem declarar, que se naõ comprehendem no concurso dos crédores aos bens dos Mercadores fallidos, de que se trata no Capitulo vinte e dous do Alvará de treze de Novembro do anno proximo passado de mil setecentos cincoenta e seis, as soldadas, e salarios dos Marinheiros, e mais homens do mar dos Navios Mercantes, que forem proprios dos Vassallos desta Coroa; e que estes lhes sejaõ pagos do monte mayor dos bens, de cuja arrecadaçaõ se trata . . . (Dated 10 June 1757.)
Folio. 1 f. Wrappers. Followed by:- [Appointing a Bailiff] Alvará com força de Ley, porque V. Magestade ha por bem conceder á Junta do Commercio destes Reinos, e seus Dominios o poder nomear a serventia de Meirinho, e Escrivaõ da sua Vara, por tempo de hum anno somente, prorogando-lhe a sua reformaçaõ confórme o seu procedimento . . . (...
£30
[Bank of Portugal]
Organisação do Banco de Portugal.
Small 4to. 59, (1 blank), 39 pp., with 1 folding table comparing the accounts of the Banco de Lisboa, the Companhia de Confiança Nacional and the Banco de Portugal. Later quarter calf.
The Banco de Portugal, formed from the union of the Banco de Lisboa with the Companhia de Confiança Nacional, was created in 1846 to restore confidence in the country‘s finances...
£150
BALAGUER, Víctor
Epistolario. Memorial de Cosas que pasaron. 2 vols.
8vo. I: 261 (misnumbered 361) pp.; II: 8, 328 pp. Original stamped cloth (rubbed).
Contents: I: El renacimiento catalán, En el monasterio de Piedra, El Idealismo, La Biblioteca-Museo de Villanueva y Geltrú, Discurso pronunciado al inaugurarse la Biblioteca-Museo de Villanueva y Geltrú, Las ruinas de Poblet, La noche del 23 de julio de 1825 en Barcelona, Mis...
£20
AZEVEDO FORTES, Manoel
Logica racional, geometrica, e analitica, obra utilissima, E absolutamente necessaria para entrar em qualquer sciencia, e ainda para todos os homens, que em qualquer particular, quizerem fazer uso do seu entendimento, e explicar as suas idéas por termos claros, proprios, e intelligiveis.
Folio. (18) ff., 151, 270, 224 pp. (with errors in pagination). With as frontispiece portrait of the Infante D. António, drawn by Vieira Lusitano & engraved by Olivarius Cor & vignette on f. (2) recto. Near contemporary calf (lower cover slightly rubbed, top of spine chipped). Ownership signature on half title p., short tear repaired in lower margin of...
£650
[AZEVEDO, Martin Cardoso de]
Historia das Antiguidades de Evora, Primeira Parte repartida em dez livros, Onde se relataõ as cousas, que acontecêraõ em Evora até ser tomada aos Mouros por Giraldo, no tempo Del-Rey Dom Affonço Henriquez; e o mais que dahi por diante aconteceo até o tempo presente, se contará na segunda parte, que para ficar mais desembaraçada, se poem no fim desta os Reys de Portugal, com suas geraçoens, e descendencias. Por Amador Patricio . . .
8vo. (12) ff., 342 pp., (1) f. With curious illustrations & lettering on 7 pp. Contemporary calf, spine gilt (corners bumped, head of spine chipped). Ownership signature on title p., lacks front & back free end-papers, piece torn from upper margins of f. (8), just touching text, & of p. 43/44, tip of upper corner of p. 3/4 torn off, some very...
£400
AVEIRO, Pantalião de
Itinerario da Terra Santa, E suas particularidades.
8vo. (4) ff., 527 pp. (with errors in pagination). Later vellum. Ownership signature on title p., gutter margin of f. Aii repaired, paper fault in p. 135/6 without loss, tear repaired in p. 357/8 & margin restored, some staining & discolouration.
The author of this popular and frequently reprinted travel account was a Franciscan friar...
£450
AUCOURT e PADILHA, Pedro Norberto de
Raridades da Natureza, e da Arte, Divididas pelos quatro Elementos.
Small 4to. (16) ff., 504 pp. Vignette of D. José I on f. (2) recto, vignettes on pp. 169 & 504. Contemporary calf (corners bumped, rebacked, original label preserved). Small Hebrew inscription on title p., new endpapers, some ink markings & slight discolouration, piece lacking from lower margins of pp. 61/62 & 73/74 due to paper faults....
£350
[Astronomy]
Taboas Astronomicas Ordenadas a Facilitar o Calculo das Ephemerides da Universidade de Coimbra.
8vo. xxviii, 156 pp., errata f. & 1 folding table, small vignette on title p. Contemporary marbled calf (head of spine worn, some worming to foot of spine). With the library stamp of the Emperor of Brazil.
The work includes tables for the moon, the sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The introduction (pp. iii-xxviii) is signed...
£200
ASSIS BRASIL, Joaquim Francisco de
A Vida do Campo e a Reforma Rural. Conferencia . . realizada em Bello Horizonte e mandada reeditar pelo Secretario dos Negocios do Interior do Estado de São Paulo para leitura nas Escolas Publicas.
8vo. 48 pp. Original printed wrappers.
Diplomat, lawyer, politician and political theorist, Assis Brasil had in 1912 retired to Rio Grande do Sul to dedicate himself to agriculture, especially cattle-raising. In his speech he outlined plans to rear cattle and produce butter in Campos de Jordão, São Paulo, and to introduce Devon cattle in Minas Gerais, alongside...
£45
AROLAS, Juan
Poesias.
8vo. XIX, 494 pp. Contemporary calf, spine gilt.
"Arolas impresses first and foremost by his brilliance . . What may at time appear to be ornateness is more often the sheer luxuriance of a fertile and sometimes voluptuous imagination," (Peers, History of the Romantic Movement in Spain, II, 209).
Palau 17228.
£30
[Army Commissariat.]
Regulamento do Commissariado de Viveres e Transportes, para o Exercito Portuguez.
12mo. (1) f., 125 pp., (2) ff. With 24 sample forms on 26 ff. (some folding). Contemporary calf (worn). Small wormhole in inner margin of pp. (1)-58, some slight staining on title p., tears repaired in 3 sample forms.
In the aftermath of the expulsion of the French army from Portugal and encouraged by Lord Wellington and Marshall Beresford, Miguel...
£75
[Army.]
Sou servida Ordenar que todos os Regimentos de Artilheria do Meu Exercito, e Marinha, se augmentem ao número de mil e duzentas praças cada hum; que os Regimentos da Minha Real Armada se constituam no mesmo pé que os da Artilheria ; e que o Regimento de Infantaria de Lippe se complete na mesma proporçaõ: E outro sim Sou servida Determinar que todos os mais Regimentos de Infantaria do Meu Exercito se augmentem, até nova Ordem, ao número de novecentas e trinta e oito praças, tudo em conformidade dos Planos, que baixaráõ com este . . . (Dated 1 August 1796.)
Folio. (5) ff. Wrappers. Together with:- Sou servido Determinar que todas as Companhias dos Regimentos de Infantaria, e Artilheria do Meu Exercito, e Marinha, tenham Capitães proprios que as commandem; e que os Coroneis, Tenentes Coroneis, e Majores fiquem despensados da Administraçaõ das mesmas Companhias, que até aqui lhes pertencêram, a fim de poderem vigiar...
£170
[Army.]
Alvará . . sobre a informação dos Casos, em que alguns Soldados das Tropas Regulares, com prevaricação das suas obrigações, e com attentados injuriosos á honra dos seus respectivos Regimentos, tem tomado as liberdades; de se fazerem transgressores das Leis, que defendem os Contrabandos, e os descaminhos dos Direitos Reaes, e Imposições públicas; e de pertenderem sustentar os referidos attentados; associando-se nas uniões, que julgáram bastantes; ou para incutirem medos aos Officiaes de Justiça, e Fazenda, que os quizessem impedir: ou para lhes fazerem resistencias no caso, em que passassem a exercitar os seus Officios: He servido fazer cessar as sobreditas prevaricações, e attentados com as providencias, e com as penas contra elles establecidas . . . (Dated 14 February 1772.)
Folio. 6 pp. Wrappers.
The decree forbade soldiers from supplementing their meagre wages by selling army supplies, carrying out armed raids and engaging in smuggling. Military service in Portugal was unpopular, the soldiers badly paid, if at all, and many recruits were forcibly impressed gaol-birds and vagabonds (Boxer, Portuguese Seaborne Empire...
£60
ANDRADA, Diogo de Paiva de
Exame d'Antiguidades. Parte primeyra. Repartida em doze tratados, onde se apurão historias, opiniões, & curiosidades pertencentes ao reyno de Portugal, & a outras partes, des d'a criação do mundo atè o anno 3403.
Small 4to. (4), 123 ff. With vignette of royal arms on title page. Contemporary calf (lower corner of back corner worn). Some near contemporary marginalia, ownership ticket & name on front free endpaper, initials on title p., tear repaired in f. 5 not affecting text.
All published of this classic work on the fabled history of Portugal....
£750
[Amsterdam & Hamburg.]
Noticia da fatal inundaçam, que succedeu nas cidades de Amsterdam, e Hamburgo, Aonde sahindo o mar de seus limites inundou campos, e edificios, sendo immenso o damno, e perigo que a todos causou &c.
8vo. 7 pp. With vignette on title p. Wrappers. ...
£60
ALVEAR, Carlos de.
El Director Supremo del Estado a todos los habitantes de las Provincias Unidas. Dated Buenos Ayres 31 March 1815.
Folio 1 f. Wrappers.
Alvear was “perceived, in the interior, as an agent of the most obnoxious variety of porteño dictation, and it was there that acts of defiance against his authority began. However, the movement was taken up in Buenos Aires, where much of the army upon which Alvear had previously relied as a critical element of support now...
£85
[ALVEAR, Carlos de.]
Circular. Desde que D. José Artigas vió recompensados pródigamente sus primeros trabajos . . . Dated Buenos-Ayres 30 March 1815.
Folio 1 f. Wrappers. Left margin strengthened with adhesive tape.
Montevideo had been recaptured from the control of Buenos Aires in early 1815 by José Gervasio Artigas, hero of Uruguayan independence. Carlos Alvear, who had on 9 January 1815 replaced his uncle as Supreme Director of the Río de la Plata region, “sent the Secretary Herrera, a...
£85
ALMEIDA, António de
Tratado da inflammaçaõ, precedido da physiologia, e pathologia necessarias para intelligencia da theoria desta molestia. Offerecido a S.A.R. o Principe R.N.S.
Small 4to. 4 vols. in 2. I: 221, (1 blank) pp., (1) ff.; II: vi, (1), (1 blank), 223, (1 blank) pp., (2) ff.; III: (1) f., 254 (2) pp.; IV: 239, (1 blank) pp., (1 f.). Contemporary calf (rebacked). Some spotting & occasional staining in Vols. II & IV. Some pencilled annotations. Tiny hole in Vol. I, p. 59...
£400
ALMEIDA, António de
Dissertação sobre o Methodo mais simples, e seguro de curar as Feridas das Armas de Fogo, offerecida a Sua Alteza Real o Serenissimo Principe do Brasil, Nosso Senhor.
Small 4to. xxvii, 62 pp. Contemporary calf. Lacks front free end-paper, some occasional spotting.
Almeida’s timely first published work appeared soon after the outbreak of the Napoleonic War. He describes the treatment of gunshot wounds starting with that by Ambroise Paré in the 16th century to his own day, and outlines current...
£420
[Algeria.]
8vo. 8 pp. Wrappers.
Relaçaõ dos crueis castigos que deraõ na Cidade de Argel a desaseis captivos critãos (sic), Que por querem buscar a sua liberdade, por se verem em rigoroso captiveiro, foraõ apanhados na fugida.
Whilst out fishing sixteen Christian slaves succeeded in making their escape but were apprehended and cruelly chastised. A graphic description is given of the punishments they suffered before being executed.
£85
ABBADIE V. OF.D.A., Joaõ Maria-N.A.
Nova gramática Para aprender a traduzir, fallar, e escrever, a Língua Franceza, com perfeição, e brevidade, por hum methodo inteiramente distincto dos demais. Tirada dos melhores Authores Francezes, modernos, como a Enciclopédia, Condillac, VVailli, Port-royal, e o Diccionario das regras da Língua Franceza, com algumas observações sobre a Orthographia de Voltaire, que he a mais exacta.
Small 8vo. x pp., (3) ff., 216 pp. Contemporary calf (lacking label).
The author stresses that the brevity of his grammar compares favourably with other similar and more verbose works. He refers to comparable works written by Noël-François de Wailly and Dumarsais. A list of useful phrases appears on pp. 205-213.
Not in...
£180
ALMEIDA, Jeronymo Fernandes Morgado Couceiro de
Tratado orfanologico e prático, firmado com as disposições das leis patrias . . Segunda impressão.
12mo. xvi, 159 pp. Contemporary calf. Faint staining in upper margins.
The work summarizes the legislation governing the rights and obligations of orphans, the laws reproduced dating back to 3 June 1452, 26 Nov. 1538, 9 March 1539, and 25 Dec. 1686. From the library of the Condes de Bomfim.
Innocêncio III, 265 has only first edition of...
£150
ANSELMO, António Joaquim
Bibliografia das obras impressas em Portugal no século XVI.
4to. X, 367 pp. With 1 plate hors texte and numerous illustrations in the text. Half morocco. Copy partly unopened.
Original edition of this classic bibliography.
£100