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wine country, however, supported him warmly, and he received addresses of thanks
from 102 parishes of the Upper Douro.
Joseph James Forrester, Baron de Forrester in Portugal (1809–1861), born at Hull
of Scotch parentage, was a merchant and wine shipper. In 1831 he went to Oporto to
join his uncle, James Forrester, partner in the house of Offley, Forrester, & Webber. He
early devoted himself to the interests of his adopted country. A laborious survey of
the Douro, with a view to the improvement of its navigation, was one of the principal
occupations of the first twelve years of his residence. The result was the publication in
1848 of a remarkable map of the river from Vilvestre on the Spanish frontier to its mouth
at St. João da Foz, produced on a scale of 4 inches to the Portuguese league. Its merit
was universally recognized, commendatory resolutions were voted by the Municipal
Chamber of Oporto, the Agricultural Society of the Douro, and other public bodies. Its
adoption as a national work by the Portuguese government gave it the stamp of official
approbation. The map was supplemented by a geological survey and by a separate map
of the port wine districts, reprinted in England in 1852 by order of a select committee of
the House of Commons.
j Innocêncio IV, 379 (without collation); XIII, 17 (stating in error that the work
contains 33 pp.). Goldsmiths’-Kress 33707.9. Kress, Luso-Brazilian Economic Literature Before
1850, p. 24. Simon, Vinaria 115. Unzelman p. 62. On the author, see Grande enciclopédia,
XXI, 216-7. OCLC: online copies only (with 32 pp.). Porbase locates a single copy (with
32 pp.) in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, and another copy in the same institution,
identical in all other respects, dated 1884 [a cataloguing misprint for 1844?]. Copac cites
online copies only.
Medical Practice is Not Futile!
70. [FRANCO, Francisco de Mello, possible author]. Reposta ao filosofo
solitario, em abono da verdade, por hum amigo dos homens.
WITH:
Reposta segunda ao filosofo solitario, por hum amigo dos homens: na qual se
mostra que toda a sua obra não he mais que huma simplez traducção; e se apontão
os defeitos della, com hum dialogo no fim do mesmo solitario com a alma do
caturra D. Felix. 2 volumes. Lisbon: Na Officina de Antonio Rodrigues
Galhardo, 1787. 4°, contemporary stitching (final gathering of first part
becoming loose). Woodcut royal arms of Portugal on title-pages (from
two different cuts). Woodcut initial letter and headpiece on p. 3 of both
parts. Title-page of second part with light to moderate waterstaining at
inner margin, continuing to a much lesser degree in following leaves.
Uncut and unopened. Overall very good to fine copies. 56; 45 pp., (1 l.
with sonnet). 2 volumes $3,000.00
FIRST and ONLY EDITION of these salvos in a lengthy literary battle that began
with the publication of the three-volume O Filosofo Solitario, Lisbon 1786-87. The Filosofo
solitario was in large part a translation of Philosophie de la nature, 1769, by J.B.C. Isoard