Recent Acquisitions - Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books

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richard c. ramer
(without publisher or collation). Not located in OCLC. Porbase cites a single copy, at the
Biblioteca João Paulo II, Universidade Católica, Lisboa.
BOUND WITH:
COSTA, Vicente José Ferreira Cardoso da. Analyse das theses de
direito enfyteutico, que se defenderão no presente anno na Universidade de
Coimbra.… Lisbon: na Regia Officina Typografica, 1789. 8°, (1 l.), 87
pp. Fine condition.
FIRST EDITION, very rare. Ferreira’s first published work was an apparently
unrecorded defense of his thesis on emphyteusis (Coimbra 1785), while his first generally
known work, Elementa juris emphyteutici (Coimbra, 1789), was a textbook on emphyteusis.
Ferreira’s analysis was immediately attacked in three theses defended at Coimbra during
1789. In this work, Ferreira notes 14 points of disagreement between his work and those
of his opponents, and provides in three letters a detailed defense of his views.
j Borba de Moraes (1983) I, 223; not in Período colonial. Innocêncio VII, 427: citing
an 8° edition of Lisbon 1816, which he had not seen and thought might be the second
edition. Sacramento Blake VII, 363: also citing only the 1816 edition. Imprensa Nacional 405.
Not in JCB, Portuguese and Brazilian Books. Not located in NUC. OCLC: 43054491 (Oxford
University). Not located in Porbase, which lists only a Coimbra 1814 edition in two copies,
both in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Copac repeats Oxford University only.
52. [COUTO, António Maria do]. Assim vai o mundo. Lisbon: Na Offic.
de Joaquim Rodrigues d’Andrade, 1811. 4°, contemporary decorated
wrappers (a bit frayed; spine gone). Small typographical vignette on
title page. Minor worming at inner blank margin, never affecting text.
Uncut and mostly unopened. A good copy. Two old blue-on-white
tickets on front wrapper. 39 pp. $100.00
FIRST and ONLY EDITION. This brief novella or long short story, the “pulp fiction”
of its day, is set in Asia, apparently Persia.
The author, a native of Lisbon (1778-1843), was a teacher of Greek. Due to his liberal
sympathies, he was fired in 1828, only to be reinstated in 1833. In 1840 he became rector of
the Liceu Nacional de Lisboa, a post he held until death. He wrote a number of political
pamphlets, translations, and works of popular fiction such as the present one.
j Innocêncio I, 198 (with slightly incorrect title, incorrect publisher, and without
collation); VIII, 243. See also Grande enciclopédia VII, 957-8. OCLC: 318200559
(Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library of the University of Toronto). Porbase locates a
single copy in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Not located in Copac.