O Arcebispo de Goa e a Congregação de Propaganda Fide: por hum portuguez.

Nova Goa, Na Imprensa Nacional, 1862.. FIRST EDITION. 4°, original blue printed wrappers (spine gone). Typographical mustache on title page and front wrapper. Unopened. Very light browning. some light foxing to wrappers. In very good condition. (1 l.), 102 pp., (1 l.). *** FIRST EDITION. Deals with the Portuguese position on the padroado and the Concordata. An English translation appear the following year.Cunha Rivara (1809-1879), was born in Arrayollos, where he began his studies. He continued his education in Evora and Coimbra, despite interruptions due to the Civil War. He later served in the Adminstração Geral de Évora, then took a chair in Philosophy at the Lyceu de Évora. A learned scholar, he was appointed Bibliothecario na Biblioteca Eborense in December of 1836. He continued serving the State, and in 1855 was appointed Secretario Geral do Governo do Estado da India, a post which he held until 1872. In addition to his role as public servant, Cunha Rivara was also a founding member of the Instituto Vasco da Gama. A prolific writer of many interests, he published works on linguistics, history, and politics and was a regular contributor to Panorama, Revista Litteraria, Boletim do Governo da India, and he was editor of the monthly Chronista de Tissuary from 1866-1869. He also published a catalogue of the manuscripts held in the library at Évora. *** Scholberg, Bibliography of Goa KA83 (does not mention the final leaf). Gonçalves, Síntese bibliográfica de Goa 2294. Innocêncio XII, 60. Porbase locates two copies (no mention of the final leaf): Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, and Biblioteca João Paulo II-Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Jisc locates a single copy at British Library. KVK (51 databases searched) locates the copies cited by Porbase, and another at Strasbourg-BNU via SUDOC.