Author: [CARVALHO, Bernardo Teixeira Coutinho Álvares de].
Title: Observações sobre o voto, que Domingos Alves Branco Moniz Barreto, como eleitor da parochia do Sacramento da Corte do Rio de Janeiro apresentou no dia 25 de dezembro de 1821 na junta eleitoral para a installação do governo desta provincia. Nas quaes se mostra, que semelhante voto he contrario ao pacto social da nação portugueza, e aos direitos, e liberdade das provincias do Brasil, escriptas ror [!] hum amigo da união, e da justiça.Lisbon, Na Typographia de Simão Thaddeo Ferreira, 1822. 4to (ca. 20 x 14 cm). 20th-century gold-tooled brown morocco.
Description: 65, [3 blank] pp.Rare first and only edition of a commentary by the Brazilian jurist Bernardo Teixeira Coutinho Álvares de Carvalho (1753-1843) on a speech given by Domingos Alves Branco Moniz Barreto (1748-1831), a Brazilian military officer who was an ardent supporter of slavery. The entire text of this speech, dated Rio de Janeiro 31 December 1821, is printed on pages 5-18 and is followed by Carvalho's observations and commentary in 6 sections. It is preceded by a dedicatory letter, dated Lisbon 25 July 1822 and signed with the author's initials B.T.C.A.C.The author, who had studied law at the University of Coimbra and was a judge at the court of Rio da Janeiro, critically examines the vote cast by Barreto during an electoral session in Rio de Janeiro on 25 December 1821. His vote supported maintaining Brazil's close ties to Portugal, recognising the authority of the Portuguese National Congress, and advocating for the continued governance of Brazil under Portuguese control. With a stamp (or inscription?) in the upper outer corner of the verso of the first free flyleaf ("L. Berger Rio"), possibly the binder. The head and foot of the spine and the corners of the boards are somewhat scuffed, the title page is very lightly soiled, the gutters of the leaves show the sewing holes of a previous binding, very lightly foxed throughout. Otherwise in good condition.l Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil (1 copy; https://acervo.bn.gov.br/sophia_web/acervo/detalhe/1195627); Borba de Moraes II, p. 624; WorldCat 557760841, 633290483, 813833028 (5 copies); Rodrigues 1793; cf. for the author: Innocencio I, p. 385 and VIII, p. 399; for Barreto: Innocencio IX, pp. 135-136; not in Porbase.

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