Author: L. M. [= MEDRADO, José Joaquim Landulfo da Rocha].
Title: Os cortezãos e a viagem do Imperador. Ensaio politico sobre a situação por L. M.Bahia, Typographia de Camillo de Lellis Masson & C., 1860. 8vo in 4s (ca. 21.5 x 14 cm). Later half brown sheepskin.
Description: VIII, 53, [1 blank] pp.Rare second edition of a pamphlet by the Brazilian lawyer and politician José Joaquim Landulfo da Rocha Medrado (1831-1860), published under his initials L. M. (= Landulfo Medrado). According to the author’s preface, the first edition was not distributed to the public. In 1882, a third edition was published (Bahia, Imprensa Economica) and in 1923 a fourth edition appeared (Bahia, Imprensa Oficial do Estado).In this pamphlet, titled “The courtiers and the Emperor's journey. Political essay on the situation”, Medrado offered a pointed critique of the Brazilian monarchy's tendency to adopt European courtly customs. He argued that these customs were ill-suited to Brazil's unique position as an American nation. Medrado believed that Brazil required a more democratic and parliamentary form of governance, one that moved away from the concentration of power in the hands of the Emperor. Instead, he advocated for a system where elected representatives would have a more prominent role in shaping the nation's future.This pamphlet reflects the broader political tensions of the time, with liberals like Medrado pushing for reforms that would align Brazil's governance with its distinct identity, rather than imitating European aristocratic traditions. In 1860, the Brazilian magazine Monarchia - Democracia issued a critique of the pamphlet arguing that the pamphlet's anonymous author avoids responsibility for promoting dangerous ideas that could destabilize Brazil. It defends the nation's democratic and monarchical institutions, warning that the pamphlet's divisive ideas threaten Brazil's unity and future.With the large book plate of the Brazilian journalist Elysio de Carvalho (1880-1925) mounted on the front pastedown with a blue stamp in the bottom margin of the book plate ("Y, 4, 120"). Spine rubbed and slightly scratched, the corners and edges of the boards show slight signs of wear, the upper outer corner of the half title-page torn off and restored with paper, slightly browned throughout with occasional foxing (mainly in the first and last few leaves). Otherwise in good condition.

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