Quadro elementar das relações politicas, e diplomaticas de Portugal com as diversas potencias do mundo desde o principio da Monarchia Portugueza athe aos nossos dias ….

Paris, Em Casa de J.P. Aillaud, 1842-1851.. Together 8 volumes in 9. Large 8°, uniform contemporary half calf (minor wear), spines with raised bands in five compartments, gilt fillets, author in second compartment from head, short title in third, volume in fourth; all edges marbled. Silk ribbon marker in each volume. Scattered foxing and browning (a few pages here and there), but overall a fine copy. Seven volumes (in 8) of the 18-volume Quadro. *** The first seven volumes (in eight) of the earliest complete edition of one of the Visconde de Santarem's major works; one of 1,000 copies. The first edition, Lisbon, 1828, consisted of only one volume. This Paris edition, revised and expanded to eighteen volumes, 1842-1876, is "a classic and sought-after work" (Borba de Moraes). It includes diplomatic documents, treaties, and so on ranging from the twelfth century to 1770, with copiously annotated introductory commentary by Santarem. During Santarem's lifetime, these volumes plus volumes VIII (on France) and XIV (on England) were published, both in 1853. The remaining volumes were published by 1876.In this set, the first two volumes deal with relations between Spain and Portugal; volumes III-VII with relations between Portugal and France from 1121 to 1770. Volume VI is very difficult to find; this set has the 1850 reprint.The present set of the Quadro elementar includes the following volumes.I. Paris, 1842. lxxxiv, 394 pp.II. Paris, 1842. xxvi pp., (1 blank l.), 479 pp., (1 l. correcções). Quire 28 of 4 ll. rather than 8, but pagination follows; quire 29 of 1 leaf (pp. 441-2), possibly with a blank leaf (missing) before index, which runs pp. [445]-479.III. Paris, 1843. cxli, 526 pp., (1 l. errata for III and IV, part 1). Relations with France, beginning 1121.IV, part 1. Paris, 1843. (2 ll.), cclxvi, 401 pp.Note: the title page and half-title are mistakenly bound with the Recherches, and the half title and title of the Recherches bound here. The spine reads, "Recherches." On the Recherches, see "With" below.IV, part 2. Paris, 1844. (2 ll.), cccc, [401]-848 pp., (1 l. errata).V. Paris, 1845. (2 ll.), cclxxxvi, 379 pp.VI. Paris, 1850 (reprint of the original 1846 edition). xl, 312 pp.VII. Paris, 1851. lxv, 409 pp.The second Visconde de Santarem (1791-1856) has been called "the greatest figure in the history of Portuguese cartography" (Cortesão, History of Cartography I, 23); in fact, it was Santarem who coined the term "cartographia." He traveled to Brazil with the royal family in 1807 and held various diplomatic posts. He served as Keeper of the Royal Archives at Torre do Tombo from 1824 until 1833, when he was dismissed for political reasons. Although he spent the rest of his life in Paris, his standing with the Portuguese government later improved to the point that the government funded many of his publications, and appointed him Keeper of the Torre do Tombo without requiring him to return to Portugal.*** Innocêncio V, 436-7, VII, 31-37: vols. I-VIII, 1842-1853, followed by XIV-XV, 1853-1854, then XVI and following, edited posthumously by Rebello da Silva (see Innocêncio on that author). Ramos, A edição de língua portuguesa em França (1800-1850) nº 423. Azevedo-Samodães 3043: 18 volumes in 19. *** BOUND WITH:  WITH:SANTAREM, Manuel Francisco de Barros e Sousa de Mesquita de Macedo Leitão e Carvalhosa, 2º Visconde de. Recherches sur la priorité de la découverte des pays situés sur la cote occidentale d'Afrique, au-dela du Cap Bojador, et sur les progrès de la science géographique, après les navigations des portugais, au XVe siècle. Paris: a la Librairie Orientale de Ve Dondey-Dupré, 1842. Large 8º, contemporary half calf uniform with the Quadro (minor wear), spine with raised bands in five compartments, gilt fillets, author in second compartment from head, short title in third; all edges marbled; silk ribbon marker. A few quires somewhat browned. In very good condition. The text is in volume whose spine reads "Quadro elementar, IV. Parte 1ª." The half title and title page are in volume whose spine reads "Recherches." (2 ll.), cxiv, 335 pp., (1 p. errata).First edition in French, originally published in Paris, 1841 as Memoria sobre a prioridade dos descobrimentos portuguezes na costa d'Africa Occidental, para servir de illustração a Chronica da Conquista de Guiné por Azurara ….Written at the request of the Portuguese government, the Memoria defends Portugal's claim to the territory of Casamance (Guinea), which France was then contesting. Following its initial success, Santarem was asked to translate the Memoria into French so as to bolster Portugal's diplomatic interests. The first edition of the French translation, considerably augmented with additional material, was published Paris, 1842 under the title Recherches sur la priorité de la découverte des pays situés sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique. This Portuguese edition is much rarer, since (according to Innocêncio) only 500 copies of it were printed, vs. 1,000 copies of the Recherches. The Memoria was serialized in the Diario do Governo, 1842.While writing the Memoria, Santarem was concurrently ransacking European archives for early maps and charts that documented the course of European, and particularly Portuguese, exploration. Although not ready for publication with the Memoria, twenty-one maps relating particularly to the Casamance dispute were reproduced in fine lithographic reproduction and published in 1842, under the title Atlas composé de cartes des XIVe, XVe, XVIe et XVIIe siècles, as a supplement to the Recherches.