Falla com que o Excellentissimo Senhor Doutor José Coelho da Gama e Abreu presidente da provincia abriu a 2ª sessão da 21ª legislatura da Assembléa Legislativa da Provincia do Gram-Pará em 16 de Junho de 1879.

[Belém de] Pará, Typ. Liberal do Pará, 1879.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Small folio, original blue printed wrappers (light foxing, corners curling, small defects at head and foot of spine). Light marginal foxing. In good to very good condition. 50 pp., (1 l.), xxx pp., 2 large folding tables, many tables in text. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION, rare. This speech made at the opening of the provincial legislature of Grão Pará provides a wide ranging picture of the state of the province, covering education, the public library, police, militiary, public health, waterworks, public gardens, commerce, finance, etc. There is also a section covering the various municipalities of the province. The final xxx pp. contain "Annexos" with an introduction by José Luiz Coelho, followed by documents and statistical analysis. José Coelho da Gama e Abreu, Barão de Marajó, a native of Belém de Pará (1832-1906), was a Brazilian political figure and historian. He was President of his native province from 1879 to 1881, and previously served as President of the province of Amazonas from 1867 to 1868. Having spent much of his childhood in Portugal, studying mathematics and earning a degree in philosophy at Coimbra University, Abreu returned to Pará in 1855. Among his publications was a travel account: Do Amazonas ao Sena, Nilo, Bósphoro e Danúbio … 3 volumes, Lisbon, 1874-1876, and A Amazôna. As Províncias do Pará e Amazonas e o governo central deo Brazil, Lisbon, 1883. He was a member of the Real Academia das Sciencias de Lisboa. *** Sacramento Blake IV, 386-7 (giving a shortened title, and without collation). Not located in Porbase. Not located in Jisc. Not located in KVK (51 databases searched).