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Ordens instructivas, e económicas para o primeiro regimento de infantaria, da Cidade do Porto, sendo chefe deste corpo ….
by [MENEZES, José Narciso de Magalhaens de]
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About This Item
Porto, Na Typ. de Antonio Alvarez Ribeiro, 1799.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 12°, contemporary crimson morocco (slight wear to one corner and outer edge of rear cover), gilt floral ornament at center of cover, roll-tooled edge with a vase in each corner, smooth spine with gilt bands, edges of covers gilt, all text block edges gilt, marbled endleaves. Clean and crisp. In very good to fine condition. From the library of D. Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil, with his stamp in blank portion of title page: "Bibliotecas de S. Mage. Imp. e Real." (6 ll.), 136 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION, with comments on the recruiting, provisioning, arming, training, fitness, and discipline of soldiers: an interesting look at the Portuguese army shortly before the Peninsular War. The author (d. 1810) was at this time a field marshal in Porto; later he was named governor of Pará and Rio Negro and organized the 1809 expedition that captured French Guiana. *** Martins de Carvalho, Dicionário bibliográfico militar português (1979) II, 531. Not in Innocêncio. Porbase locates a single copy, in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (with an errata leaf not in the present copy, and not in a previous copy we handled which also came from the library of D. Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil). Not located in Jisc. KVK (51 databases searched) locates only the copy cited by Porbase. Not located in Hollis. Not located in Orbis. Not located in NUC.
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- Bookseller
- Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22283
- Title
- Ordens instructivas, e económicas para o primeiro regimento de infantaria, da Cidade do Porto, sendo chefe deste corpo ….
- Author
- [MENEZES, José Narciso de Magalhaens de]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- FIRST and ONLY EDITION
- Publisher
- Porto, Na Typ. de Antonio Alvarez Ribeiro, 1799.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- military, Peninsular War, Portugal, army, Bindings,
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About Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books
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- Spine
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- Crisp
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- Morocco
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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