special list 412 1 RICHARD C.RAMER Special List 412 Nineteenth-Century Brazilian Imprints 2 RICHARDrichard c. C.RAMER ramer Old and Rare Books 225 east 70th street . suite 12f . new york, n.y. 10021-5217 Email [email protected] . Website www.livroraro.com Telephones (212) 737 0222 and 737 0223 Fax (212) 288 4169 May 17, 2021 Special List 412 Nineteenth-Century Brazilian Imprints Items marked with an asterisk (*) will be shipped from Lisbon. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED: All items are understood to be on approval, and may be returned within a reasonable time for any reason whatsoever. VISITORS BY APPOINTMENT special list 412 3 Special List 412 Nineteenth-Century Brazilian Imprints INDEX OF PRINTING PLACES Rio de Janeiro ................................ Pages 4-132, Items 1-146 Bahia ....................................... Pages 133-142, Items 147-153 Pernambuco ........................... Pages 143-148, Items 154-160 Recife ...................................... Pages 149-156, Items 161-167 Maranhão ............................... Pages 157-160, Items 168-172 Ouro Preto ....................................... Page 161, Items 173-174 São Paulo ................................ Pages 162-164, Items 175-177 Santo Amaro (São Paulo) .......................Page 165, Item 178 Ceará ................................................ Pages 165-166, Item 179 Pará . ...................................... Pages 167-184, Items 180-184 4 richard c. ramer Item 1 special list 412 5 Special List 412 Nineteenth-Century Brazilian Imprints ☞ Rio de Janeiro, 1808 Changes Status of Cabo Verde—Early Rio de Janeiro Imprint *1. [PORTUGAL. Laws. D. João, Prince Regent of Portugal 1799-1816, then D. João VI King of Portugal and Brazil, 1816-1826]. Decreto. Con- vindo muito ao bem do Estado nas circunstancias actuaes, muito mais graves do que no tempo, em que as Ilhas de Cabo Verde se governavão com Capitania General, que aquellas Ilhas sejão novamente regidas por hum Governador e Capitão General …. [Rio de Janeiro]: Na Impressão Regia, dated 26 March 1808. Folio (29.2 x 20 cm.), disbound. In good to very good condition. (2 ll.), printed on the first page only. $1,000.00 Returns the Cape Verde Islands to the status of capitania general and appoints D. António Coutinho de Lencastre, who was already serving as governor, to also serve as captain-general. In 1808 Cabo Verde was still important for the slave trade and as a resupply station for ships on the mid-Atlantic shipping lanes. This is an early imprint from Rio de Janeiro. Except for the press operated very briefly by Antonio Isidoro da Fonseca in 1747, without authorization, there was no printing press in Brazil until 1808, when the Portuguese court fled there as a result of the French invasion of Portugal during the Peninsular War. The Court arrived in Rio de Janeiro on 7 March 1808. From 1808 to 1811 (when Manuel da Silva Serva began to print in Bahia), the Impressão Regia was the only press working in Brazil. It remained the only press in Rio de Janeiro until 1821. ❊ Almeida Camargo & Borba de Moraes, Bibliografia da Impressão Régia do Rio de Janeiro, II, no. 2. Not in Valle Cabral. Not in Bosch. Not in JCB, Portuguese and Brazilian Books. OCLC: 78541263 (John Carter Brown Library). Not located in Porbase. Not located in Jisc. 6 richard c. ramer Sets Salaries for Harbor and Naval Officials in Rio de Janeiro *2. [PORTUGAL. Laws. D. João, Prince Regent of Portugal 1799-1816, then D. João VI King of Portugal and Brazil, 1816-1826]. Decreto. Sendo-Me prezente os graves inconvenientes, que resultarião ao Meu Real Serviço, e ao do Publico de continuar por mais tempo a serem servidos por huma só pessoa os dous Officios de Partão Mór do Arsenal da Marinha, e de Piloto Mór da Barra desta Cidade .... (Rio de Janeiro: Na Impressão Regia), dated 26 March 1808. Folio (29.2 x 20 cm.), disbound. In good to very good condition. (2 ll.), printed on the first two pages only. $900.00 Separates the offices ofPartão Mór do Arsenal da Marinha and Piloto Mór da Barra for Rio de Janeiro, appointing the officials, and setting their salaries. This is an early imprint from Rio de Janeiro. Except for the press operated very briefly by Antonio Isidoro da Fonseca in 1747, without authorization, no printing press operated in Brazil until the Portuguese court arrived there in March 1808, as a result of the French invasion of Por- tugal during the Peninsular War. The Impressão Regia of Rio de Janeiro was the only press in that city from 1808 to 1821, and the only press working in Brazil from 1808 until 1811, when Manuel da Silva Serva began to print in Bahia. The present decree is slightly different typographically from the one present in our copy of the Codigo brasiliense, which contains the imprint, among other variations. Neither version has the misspelling of “Arcenal” for “Arsenal” mentioned by Almeida Camargo and Borba de Moraes. ❊ Almeida Camargo & Borba de Moraes, Bibliografia da Impressão Régia do Rio de Janeiro, II, no. 3. Not in Valle Cabral. OCLC: 83018743 (John Carter Brown Library). Not located in Porbase. Early Rio de Janeiro Imprint *3. [PORTUGAL. Laws. D. João, Prince Regent of Portugal 1799- 1816, then D. João VI King of Portugal and Brazil, 1816-1826]. Eu o Principe Regente Faço saber ao que o pesente [sic] Alvará com força de Lei virem: Que sendo muito conveniente ao Bem do Meu Real Serviço, que tudo quanto respeita á boa ordem, e regularidade da Disciplina Militar, Economia, e Regulamento das Minhas Forças tanto de Terra, como de Mar .... Rio de Janeiro: Na Impressão Regia, dated 1 April 1808. Folio (29.3 x 20 cm.), disbound. Woodcut initial. In good to very good condition. (4 ll.), final page blank. $1,200.00 FIRST EDITION [?]. Establishes the Conselho Supremo Militar, e de Justiça. The present edition contains the typographical error misspelling “presente” as “pesente”. This is an early imprint from Rio de Janeiro. Except for the press operated very briefly by Antonio Isidoro da Fonseca in 1747, without authorization, no printing press operated in Brazil until the Portuguese court arrived there in March 1808, as a result of the French invasion of Portugal during the Peninsular War. The Impressão Regia of Rio de Janeiro was the only press in that city from 1808 to 1821, and the only press work- ing in Brazil from 1808 until 1811, when Manuel da Silva Serva began to print in Bahia. ❊ Almeida Camargo & Borba de Moraes, Bibliografia da Impressão Régia do Rio de Janeiro, II, no. 4. Not in Valle Cabral. Not in JCB, Portuguese and Brazilian Books. OCLC: 83556171 (John Carter Brown Library, calling for [4] pp.); 82571136 (John Carter Brown Library, calling for [8] pp.). Not located in Porbase. special list 412 7 Item 3 8 richard c. ramer Establishes the Real Archivo Militar at Rio de Janeiro 4. [PORTUGAL. Laws. D. João, Prince Regent of Portugal 1799-1816, then D. João VI King of Portugal and Brazil, 1816-1826]. Decreto. Sendo-me presente a grande vantagem, de que será ao Meu Real Serviço …. 2 works in 1 volume. Rio de Janeiro: [Na Impressão Regia], (signed) 7 April 1808. Folio (28.7 x 20.2 cm.), late twentieth-century marbled wrap- pers, rectangular (2.4 x 5 cm.) off-white paper label on front cover, with “Regimento // do // Arquivo Militar // Rio, 1808” in ink manuscript on front cover. In very good condition. Broadside. 2 works in 1 volume. $800.00 FIRST EDITION [?]. By this decree the Real Archivo Militar was created. ❊ Almeida Camargo & Borba de Moraes, Bibliografia da Impressão Régia do Rio de Janeiro II, no. 7 (noting that there are two editions, with minor typographical variations, but without mentioning what distinguishes them). Not in Valle Cabral (27 cites the Regi- mento only). Not in Rodrigues. Not in JCB, Portuguese and Brazilian Books. Not in Bosch. BOUND WITH: Regimento do Archivo Militar. Tendo S.A.R. o Principe Regente N.S. mandado organizar …. [Rio de Janeiro: colophon] Na Impressão Regia (signed) 7 April 1808. Folio (28.7 x 20.2 cm.), (1 l., printed on both sides). In very good condition. FIRST EDITION [?]. Signed in print by D. Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho. ❊ Valle Cabral 27. Almeida Camargo & Borba de Moraes, Bibliografia da Impressão Régia do Rio de Janeiro II, no. 7. Not in Rodrigues. Not in JCB, Portuguese and Brazilian Books. Not in Bosch. Establishes Police for the Royal Court and Brazil *5. [PORTUGAL. Laws. D. João, Prince Regent of Portugal 1799-1816, then D. João VI King of Portugal and Brazil, 1816-1826]. Eu O Principe Regente Faço saber aos que o prezente Alvará virem, que Tendo consideracão á necessidade, que há, de se crear o Lugar de Intendente Geral da Policia da Corte, e do Estado do Brazil, da mesma forma, e com a mesma Jurisdição, que tinha o de Portugal .... Rio de Janeiro: Na Impressão Regia, dated 10 May 1808. Folio (29.2 x 20 cm.), disbound. Woodcut initial. In good to very good condition. (2 ll.), printed on first two pages only. $1,200.00 FIRST EDITION [?]. Establishes an Intendente Geral da Policia da Corte, and for the Estado do Brazil. This is an early imprint from Rio de Janeiro. Except for the press operated very briefly by Antonio Isidoro da Fonseca in 1747, without authorization, no printing press operated in Brazil until the Portuguese court arrived there in March 1808, as a result of the French invasion of Portugal during the Peninsular War. The Impressão Regia of Rio de Janeiro was the only press in that city from 1808 to 1821, and the only press work- ing in Brazil from 1808 until 1811, when Manuel da Silva Serva began to print in Bahia. ❊ Almeida Camargo & Borba de Moraes, Bibliografia da Impressão Régia do Rio de Janeiro II, no.