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Printed Books, Manuscripts and Artwork
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Brazil, Rio de Janeiro.- Cabral (José Marcelino da Rocha, lawyer and journalist, first president of the Gabinete Português de Leitura, fl. 1830s - 40s) Papers relating to the regulations of the Gabinete Português de Leitura and to the Sociedade Portugueza de Beneficência, D.s. "José Marcellino da Rocha Cabral", manuscripts (some printed), numerous pp., some folds, browned, a few edges frayed, 1840s ? Diccionário d'algibura Filosófico, Político, Moral..., manuscript fair copy, title and 120pp. excluding blanks, some damp-staining mostly affecting blank pp. at end, contemporary vellum and card wrappers, stained, Rio de Janeiro, 1832; and a small quantity of other papers, Brazil, including papers relating to payments to Antônio José de Bretto, infantry and cavalry, v.s., v.d., nineteenth century(qty)***On 14 May 1837, a group of forty three Portugese immigrants met with Antônio José Coelho Lousada to discuss and create a new library in Rio de Janeiro. Some of these were immigrants from the absolutist government in Portugal. One in particular was José Marcelino Rocha Cabral, a lawyer and journalist, later elected as the first president of the Real Gabinete Portugues de Leitura.. View Bloomsbury Auctions next auction.Similar lots up for auction |
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