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La politique royaliste a l'égard de la péninsule.

by [LA GERVAISAIS, Nicolas-Louis-Marie Magon, Marquis de]

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Paris, A. Pihan Delaforest, 1827.. FIRST EDITION. 20 pamphlets in 1 volume. 8°, contemporary half calf over marbled boards (minor wear), flat spine gilt divided by fillets into five compartments, "miscellanea" lettered in gilt in second compartment from head, "vol. IV" in gilt in fourth compartment, marbled endleaves, text block edges marbled. Monogram within laurel wreath on title page. In very good condition. 56 pp. *** FIRST EDITION. La Gervaisais (Saint-Servan, 1765-Paris, 1838) is the author of a profusion of pamphlets and brochures in which he shows generous feelings and the most personal opinions, sometimes contradictory, mixed with very fair and very high views, which showed a real political sense. *** *** BOUND WITH: [LA GERVAISAIS, Nicolas-Louis-Marie Magon, Marquis de]. Le vrai sens des discours de M. Canning. Paris: A. Pihan Delaforest, n.d. [1827?]. 8º, 15, (1) pp. Monogram within laurel wreath on title page. Some light foxing. In good to very good condition. FIRST EDITION. * OCLC: 759645718 (Bibliothèque nationale de France); 457322067 (no location given—links to the record of the Bibliothèque nationale de France). AND BOUND WITH: Épitre a Don Miguel, par un Portugais. Paris: Chez Lami, Editeur, 1828. 8º, 12 pp. Woodcut vignette on title page of a serpent coiled around a long stick-like object. Woodcut tailpiece of a lamp on p. 12. In very good condition. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Poetry, followed by annotations. * Not in Canto, Ensaio bibliographico. Catalogo das obras nacionaes e estrangeiras relativas aos successos politicos de Portugal nos annos de 1828 a 1834 (1892). OCLC: 460413145 (Bibliothèque nationale de France); 1143076739 (Bibliothèque nationale de France copy digitized); 1176717110 (Bibliothèque nationale de France copy digitized). Not located in Porbase. Not located in Jisc AND BOUND WITH: [Midosi, Paulo, usually attributed author]. Quem he o legitimo Rey de Portugal? Questão portugueza, submettida ao juizo dos homens imparcias. Por um Portuguez Residente em Londres. 1828. [Verso of title page] Londres: Impresso na Officina Portugueza. 8º. 95 pp. In very good to fine condition. FIRST EDITION. Upholds D. Pedro IV's right to the Portuguese throne as the only legitimate king, and refutes arguments that his younger brother, D. Miguel, should be crowned. At the time D. Pedro was Emperor of Brazil as D. Pedro I. While this book is usually catalogued either as anonymous or by Paulo Midosi, Ernest do Canto notes that a copy in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal contains a note by Jacinto da Silva Mengo stating that the work is really by José Maria da Costa e Silva, with some alterations by Midosi. Innocêncio (XVII, 155) states that * Canto, Ensaio bibliographico. Catalogo das obras nacionaes e estrangeiras relativas aos successos politicos de Portugal nos annos de 1828 a 1834 (1892), 1304 (transcribes second word in title as "é" instead of "he"); the work was translated into English and French: see 1488 and 1489. Innocêncio VI, 305 (also with "é" instead of "he"). Fonseca, Pseudónimos, p. [253] (with the same differing transcription of the title). Not in Biblioteca Pública de Braga, "Catálogo do Fundo Barca-Oliveira". AND BOUND WITH: Reflexões sobre o partido apostolico em Portugal. Escriptas em Lisboa no anno de 1828, por * * *. n,pl.: n.pr., 1828?. 4º, 44 pp. In very good condition. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Our gut tells us this was not printed in Lisbon, and that Paris is the best guess. * Canto, Ensaio bibliographico. Catalogo das obras nacionaes e estrangeiras relativas aos successos politicos de Portugal nos annos de 1828 a 1834 (1892), 1321: "evidentamente impresso fora de Portugal." Innocêncio XVII, 27: "supõe-se ter sido impresso em França." Not in Biblioteca Pública de Braga, "Catálogo do Fundo Barca-Oliveira". Not in Ramos, A edição de língua portuguesa em França. OCLC: 51732751 (Oliveira Lima Library-Catholic University of America, Newberry Library—place of printing given as Lisbon); 51732751 (British Library—place of printing given as Lisbon); 988738100 (British Library copy digitized); 904039950 (Oliveira Lima copy digitized). Porbase locates two copies (one in "mau estado"), both in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (place of printing given as Lisbon). AND BOUND WITH: SARAIVA, Antonio Ribeiro. Actes des decisions des trois états du Royaume de Portugal, assemblés en Cortès dans la Ville de Lisbonne, rédigés de 11 de Juillet 1828. (On y expose les fondemens des droits de S.M.T.F. D. Miguel Ier., et l'ou répond aux objections qu'on pourraitopposer aux mêmes droits.) Fidèlement traduits de l'édition authentique portuguise. Paris: Delaforst, Libraire, Place de la Bourse, 1828. 8, 54 pp. Some faint foxing. In good to very good condition. First and Only edition in French of Assento dos Tres Estados do Reino. * Canto, Ensaio bibliographico. Catalogo das obras nacionaes e estrangeiras relativas aos successos politicos de Portugal nos annos de 1828 a 1834 (1892), 73. Not in Biblioteca Pública de Braga, "Catálogo do Fundo Barca-Oliveira". AND BOUND WITH: [DIAS, Miguel Antonio].As lettras do Barracam, ou o desafôgo d'um academico sobre as injustiças do Senhor Candido José Xavier, por M.A.D. Paris: Na Typografia de J. Tastu, 1829. 8º, 16 pp. In very good condition. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. * Canto, Ensaio bibliographico. Catalogo das obras nacionaes e estrangeiras relativas aos successos politicos de Portugal nos annos de 1828 a 1834 (1892), 1076. Ramos, A edição de língua portuguesa em França 152. Innocêncio VI, 221. Not in Biblioteca Pública de Braga, "Catálogo do Fundo Barca-Oliveira". AND BOUND WITH: [DIAS, Miguel Antonio]. Carta dirigida ao Padre Amaro, pelo author do Primeiro dezafogo sobre as injustiças de C.J.X.D. Paris: Na Typografia de J. Tastu, 1829. 8º, 8 pp. In very good condition. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. * Canto, Ensaio bibliographico. Catalogo das obras nacionaes e estrangeiras relativas aos successos politicos de Portugal nos annos de 1828 a 1834 (1892), 752. Ramos, A edição de língua portuguesa em França 145. Innocêncio VI, 221. Not in Biblioteca Pública de Braga, "Catálogo do Fundo Barca-Oliveira". AND BOUND WITH: Ao Illmo e Exmo Senhor D. Thomas de Mascarenhas agente do Imperador D. Pedro em Londres. [Colophon: Paris]: Na Typografia de J. Tastu, [dated in print 1 April 1830]. 8º, 2 pp. Caption title. In very good condition. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. * Ramos, A edição de língua portuguesa em França 164. Not located in Canto, Ensaio bibliographico. Catalogo das obras nacionaes e estrangeiras relativas aos successos politicos de Portugal nos annos de 1828 a 1834 (1892). OCLC: (Bibliothèque nationale de France); 51741031 (Oliveira Lima Library-Catholic University of America); 904037698 (Reproduction of the original from the Oliveira Lima Library). AND BOUND WITH: Perguntas à denominada regencia, seus socios e agentes. [Colophon] Brussels: n.pr, 1830. 8º, 4 pp. Caption title. In very good condition. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. * Canto, Ensaio bibliographico. Catalogo das obras nacionaes e estrangeiras relativas aos successos politicos de Portugal nos annos de 1828 a 1834 (1892), 1222. OCLC cites two links to volumes in the Oliveira Lima Library pamphlet collection, digitized, which contain this title: 956407923 and 40145349. Porbase locates two copies, both in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Not located in Jisc. KVK (51 databases searched) locates only the copies cited by Porbase. AND BOUND WITH: [MONTEIRO, Damaso Joaquim Luiz de Sousa, probable author]. Senhor perguntador bruxellence. N.pl.: n.pr, [dated in print Rennes, 12 October 1830]. 8º, 3 pp. Caption Title. In very good condition. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The text is signed in print at the end "Zapata" which was a pseudonym used by Monteiro. Contains a list of 38 Portuguese exiles, with the monthly stipends they had been receiving, from the Saldanha family at 13 pounds, to A.j. de Figueired, a student, at 3 pounds 15 shillings. * Canto, Ensaio bibliographico. Catalogo das obras nacionaes e estrangeiras relativas aos successos politicos de Portugal nos annos de 1828 a 1834 (1892), 1399. Ramos, A edição de língua portuguesa em França 188. Not in Biblioteca Pública de Braga, "Catálogo do Fundo Barca-Oliveira". OCLC cites two links to volumes in the Oliveira Lima Library pamphlet collection, digitized, which contain this title: 956407923 and 40145349. Porbase records this work without providing any location. Not located in Jisc. KVK (51 databases searched) only cites the record without any location in Porbase. AND BOUND WITH: KNIGHT, Henrique [i.e., Henry] Gally. Carta dirigida ao Conde de Aberdeen, Secretario D' Estado dos Negocios Estrangeiros. London: Impresso por Bingham, 1829. 8º, 35 pp. In very good condition. FIRST EDITION. Translated from the English by Luiz Francisco Midosi. This translation was reprinted in Documentos para a história das Cortes Geraes, VI, 817. The original English language version went through at least 2 editions in 1829. * Canto, Ensaio bibliographico. Catalogo das obras nacionaes e estrangeiras relativas aos successos politicos de Portugal nos annos de 1828 a 1834 (1892), 471. Biblioteca Pública de Braga, "Catálogo do Fundo Barca-Oliveira", p. 158. OCLC: 51741243 (Oliveira Lima Library-Catholic University of America, Newberry Library, University of Kansas Rare Books); 958964381 (Biblioteca de Arte Calouste Gulbenkian); 606354236 (University of British Columbia Library); 904037751 (Reproduction of the original from the Oliveira Lima Library). AND BOUND WITH: [PIZARRO (de Almeida Carvalhaes), Rodrigo Pinto, later 1.º Barão da Ribeira de Sabrosa]. Dezembarque do Conde de Saldanha, na Ilha Terceira, impedido pela maninha ingleza. Brest: De l'Imprimerie de Rozais, 1829. 8º, 42 pp. Small typographical vignette on title page. Some light foxing. In good to very good condition. FIRST and ONLY EDITION in Portuguese. Following the introduction is a translation of correspondence between Saldanha and Commodore Walpole, as well as an account of the expedition to Terceira written by Joaquim Nogueira Gandra on behalf of the Portuguese officers. There was a French translation, said to be notably different. * Canto, Ensaio bibliographico. Catalogo das obras nacionaes e estrangeiras relativas aos successos politicos de Portugal nos annos de 1828 a 1834 (1892), 571. Ramos, A edição de língua portuguesa em França 150. Innocêncio VII, 180. Biblioteca Pública de Braga, "Catálogo do Fundo Barca-Oliveira", p. 134. OCLC: 51741228 (Oliveira Lima Library-Catholic University of America, Newberry Library, Oxford University); 958960834 (Biblioteca de Arte Calouste Gulbenkian); 460275304 (Bibliothèque nationale de France); 904038428 (Reproduction of the original from the Oliveira Lima Library); 904038622 (Reproduction of the original from the Oliveira Lima Library). AND BOUND WITH: [SALDANHA, João Carlos Gregorio Dominges Vicente Francisco de Saldanha de Oliveira e Daun, 1.º Conde, later 1.º Marquês and still later 1.º Duque de]. Observações do Connde de Saldanha, sobre a carta, que os membros da Junta do Porto dirigirão a S.M. o Imperador do Brazil, em 5 d'Agosto de 1828, e mandarão publicar no Paquête do Portugal em Outubro de 1829. [Colophon] N.pl. [Paris]: Na Typografia de J. Tastu, n.d. [1829]. 8º, 43 pp. Caption title. Rather browned. In good condition. FIRST EDITION. There was an edition published in Rio de Janeiro the following year with a dedication to the Portuguese emigrés signed by Antonio Gomes das Neves e Mello. An augmented edition appeared with the title A perfidia desmascarada … as well as an English language edition, London, 1830. These observations gave rise of a prolonged polemic with Joaquim António de Magalhães, Francisco de Gama Lobo Botelho, Coronel Pizarro, and Albino Pimenta d'Aguiar. This pamphlet and the ensuing polemic relates to the rivalry between the Conde, later Marquês, and still later Duque de Saldanha and the Marquês, later Duque de Palmela, leaders of the two main factions of liberals in exile after D. Miguel was acclaimed King of Portugal in 1828, with the support of the absolutists. Saldanha was leader of the more radical liberal faction, while Palmela led the more moderate liberals. Both factions appealed to D. Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil, who had assigned his rights to the Portuguese throne to his daughter, D. Maria da Gloria, the future Queen D. Maria II. D. Pedro tended to favor Palmela, but needed Saldanha due to his superior military abilities. The rivalry between these two dominant figures of nineteenth-century Portuguese history continued until the death of Palmela in 1850. There was an edition published in Rio de Janeiro the following year with a dedication to the Portuguese emigrés signed by Antonio Gomes das Neves e Mello. An augmented edition appeared with the title A perfidia desmascarada … as well as an English language edition, London, 1830. oão Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun (1790-1876) was marshal of the liberal armies fighting for D. Maria II; he was raised to the rank of conde (1827; confirmed 1833), marquês (1834), and finally duque (1846). Ninth son of the 1.º Conde de Rio Maior and maternal grandson of the 1.º Marquês de Pombal, he was also one of the dominant personalities in Portuguese politics of his era, serving four times as president of the Council of Ministers and leading a half dozen coups d'état. * Canto, Ensaio bibliographico. Catalogo das obras nacionaes e estrangeiras relativas aos successos politicos de Portugal nos annos de 1828 a 1834 (1892), 286. Ramos, A edição da língua portuguesa em França 181 (giving the date of publication as 1830). Biblioteca Pública de Braga, "Catálogo do Fundo Barca-Oliveira", p. 212. Innocêncio III, 342 (without collation). See also Nobreza de Portugal, III, 260-73. AND BOUND WITH: [ROCHA, António da Silva Lopes]. Annotações á enormissima sentença que sobre o supposto crime de lesa magestade de primeira cabeça foi proferida na Cidade do Porto nno dia 21 d'Agosto de 1829. Pelo autor da Injusta acclamaçam do Infante D. Miguel. Paris: na Typografia de J. Tastu, 1830. 8º, (1 l.), 93 pp. Contemporary ink manuscript author's presentaion inscription in lower blank margin of title page: "Ao Ill.mo Sr. Martins [?] // o autor." Small dampstain in upper blank margin of title page. In good to very good condition. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. When D. Miguel seized the throne of Portugal in 1828 the then Marquês [later Duque] de Palmela sided with the opposition in Oporto and with them was forced to flee to England. D. Miguel had him and other leading opponents condemned to death in absentia and seized their estates, but Dom Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil, appointed Palmela guardian to his daughter, the rightful Queen Maria II, and he acted as her ambassador at the British court. In 1830 he set up the young queen’s regency on Terceira in the Azores. The present work contains the judicial sentence passed by judges loyal to D. Miguel, refuted with extensive annotations. António da Silva Lopes Rocha (1784-1842) obtained a law degree from Coimbra University, held several judicial posts, practiced law in Lisbon for a number of years, eventually belonged to the royal "Conselho", and was auditor do Supremo Conselho de Justiça Militar. A partisan of the liberal cause, he appears to have spent some time in exile during the reign of D. Miguel. * Canto, Ensaio bibliographico. Catalogo das obras nacionaes e estrangeiras relativas aos successos politicos de Portugal nos annos de 1828 a 1834 (1892), 670. Ramos, A edição da língua portuguesa em França 163 (different transcription of title and without collation). Biblioteca Pública de Braga, "Catálogo do Fundo Barca-Oliveira", p. 210. Innocêncio I, 270 (incorrect date of 1821, other differences in transcription of title and without collation); VIII, 307 (correcting date in title and with collation of 93 pp.). On the author, see also Grande enciclopédia XXV, 839. AND BOUND WITH: [SEABRA, António Luiz de, later Visconde de Seabra]. Exposição apologetica dos Portuguezes emigrados na Belgica, que recusarão prestar o juramento delles exigido no dia 26 de Agosto de 1830. Bruges: Na Imprensa de G. De Moor, 1830. 8º, 55 pp. Small typographical vignette on title page. Large wood engraved tailpiece on p. 55. Pages 7-8 bound out of order, following title page. Light browning. In good to very good condition. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Contains much information relating to the regency in favor of D. Maria II established on the Island of Terceira in the Açores. An "Appendix" occupies pp. 43-55. According to Innocêncio and Ernesto do Canto, some copies have a "Segundo appendix" which takes up pp. 57-76. The author (1798-1895), was born aboard ship off Cabo Verde, and subsequently baptized in Rio de Janeiro; his parents were en route to Minas Gerais, where his father was going to take up a post as ouvidor in the Villa of Príncipe. The recipient of a law degree from Coimbra in 1820, he held a number of judicial appointments while writing various literary and political works during the 1820s, having been one of the founders in 1821 of the O cidadão literato, periodico de política e litteratura, Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade. In political exile from 1828 to 1833, he was a deputy to the Portuguese Côrtes in various legislatures from 1834, and Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs in 1852 and 1868. One of his greatest achievements was the Código civil português, commissioned by parliament in 1850, the finished product being presented in 1859. It was promulgated in 1867. A member of the Real Academia das Sciencias de Lisboa, he was created Visconde de Seabra in 1865, eventually serving as rector of Coimbra University (1866-1868). Throughout his life António Luís Seabra founded and wrote for several newspapers, and continued to publish books and pamphlets on legal, political, and literary matters. * Canto, Ensaio bibliographico. Catalogo das obras nacionaes e estrangeiras relativas aos successos politicos de Portugal nos annos de 1828 a 1834 (1892), 963. Biblioteca Pública de Braga, "Catálogo do Fundo Barca-Oliveira", p. 216 (with only 55 pp.). Innocêncio I, 192. See also Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, I, 632-3; Grande enciclopédia, XXVII, 915; Nobreza de Portugal, III, 365-6. AND BOUND WITH: Das letras, e da nova tabella. [Colophon] N.pl. [London]: Impresso por Bagster e Thoms, 14, Bartholomew Close, [1830?]. 8º, 12 pp. Half title only, as issued. In very good condition. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. * Canto, Ensaio bibliographico. Catalogo das obras nacionaes e estrangeiras relativas aos successos politicos de Portugal nos annos de 1828 a 1834 (1892), 1077: "As letras são as que o Conde de Villa Flor da Ilha Terceira sacou e o Marquez de Palmella acceitou e não pagou; e a nova tabella é da distribuição dos subdidios aos emigrados de Março de 1830 em diante." Not in Biblioteca Pública de Braga, "Catálogo do Fundo Barca-Oliveira". OCLC: 51741047 (Oliveira Lima Library-Catholic University of America, Newberry Library); 904038369 (Reproduction of the original from the Oliveira Lima Library). Porbase locates a single copy, in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Not located in Jisc. KVK (51 databases searched) locates two links to the digitized copy in the Oliveira Lima Library, and the hard copy cited by Porbase. AND BOUND WITH: [PASSOS, José da Silva, possible co-author, and Manuel da Silva Passos, probable author]. Memorial sobre a necessidade e meios de destruir promptamente o tyranno de Portugal e restabellecer o trono da Senhora Dona Maria II e a Carta de 1826. [Colophon] Paris: Imprimerie de Auguste Mie, [1831]. 8º, 32 pp. Caption title. In very good condition. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Manuel da Silva Passos (S. Martinho de Guifões, 1801-Santarem, 1862), usually known as "Passos Manuel," was a leader of the Setembristas, who advocated the restoration of the Constitution of 1822. After the revolution of September 1836, he served as Ministro e Secretario d'Estado dos Negocios do Reino. * Canto, Ensaio bibliographico. Catalogo das obras nacionaes e estrangeiras relativas aos successos politicos de Portugal nos annos de 1828 a 1834 (1892), 1120. Ramos, A edição da língua portuguesa em França 200. Biblioteca Pública de Braga, "Catálogo do Fundo Barca-Oliveira", p. 188. Innocêncio IVI, 110. AND BOUND WITH: O Tribuno do Povo. N.º 27. Rio de Janeiro: Na Typogrphia d'Astrêa, Quinta Feira, 14 de Avril (1831). 8º, 8 pp. Lightly browned. In good to very good condition. Consists entirely of a "Manifesto que á Nação Brazileira dirige o Redactor do Tribuno do Povo, sobre o comportamento criminoso, e trahidor do ex-Pedro Primeiro de execranda memoria", by Francisco das Chagas de Oliveira França. * Canto, Ensaio bibliographico. Catalogo das obras nacionaes e estrangeiras relativas aos successos politicos de Portugal nos annos de 1828 a 1834 (1892), 1581. AND BOUND WITH: [CABRAL, Leonel Tavares, possible author]. Aos senhores redactores do Paquete de Portugal sobre o seu artigo chamado Correspondencia, no Paquete de 12 d'Abril de 1831, paginas 247. [Colophon] Paris: Auguste Mie, Imprimeur, [1831]. 8º, 14 pp., (1 l. advt.). Caption title. In very good condition. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. * Canto, Ensaio bibliographico. Catalogo das obras nacionaes e estrangeiras relativas aos successos politicos de Portugal nos annos de 1828 a 1834 (1892), 1401. Ramos, A edição da língua portuguesa em França 210. Not in Biblioteca Pública de Braga, "Catálogo do Fundo Barca-Oliveira". Not located in Innocêncio. OCLC: 504047070 (British Library); 771811199 (British Library); 54857365 (Newberry Library); 460117882 (Bibliothèque nationale de France). Porbase locates two copies, both in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Jisc locates a single copy at British Library. KVK (51 databases searched) locates the copies cited by Porbase and the one in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (it should also have cited British Library).

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Title
La politique royaliste a l'égard de la péninsule.
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[LA GERVAISAIS, Nicolas-Louis-Marie Magon, Marquis de]
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Paris, A. Pihan Delaforest, 1827.
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