Folhinha da Terceira para o anno de 1832, bixesto [sic].

Angra, Imprensa do Governo, 1832.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, contemporary ivory silk (worn, spine gone), gilt ruled border on covers, remains of gilt on text block edges. Some browning. Overall in good condition. Faint old purple stamp of the Dukes of Palmela (a ducal coronet over the monogram) in outer blank portion of title page. 143, (1) pp. *** FIRST EDITION. There was a second edition, Angra, 1840, titled Enciclopedia historica politica, geographica e commercial. The geographical section (pp. 65-125), which includes information about continental Portugal as well as all insular and overseas possessions (with emphasis on the Azores, pp. 68-94), is usually attributed to the Marquês de Sá da Bandeira, the historical section (pp. 17-64) to José Antonio Guerreiro, and the rest to Simão José da Luz Soriano. Includes acts of the Regency and battles and victories of the Liberals.Provenance: The extensive library of the Dukes of Palmela, formed mainly in the nineteenth century, was dispersed, for the most part, during the second quarter of the twentieth century through the 1960s, though significant fresh troves continue to appear on the market to the present day. The first to hold the title was D. Pedro de Sousa Holstein (1781-1850), one of the most important Portuguese diplomats and statesmen of the first half of the nineteenth century, who served as prime minister at various times in the 1830s and 1840s. He wrote profusely on politics and economics. (See Grande enciclopédia XX, 123-8.)*** Innocêncio VII, 279: "Acha-se tambem mui rara …." Canto, Bibliotheca açoriana 791: giving a complete table of contents; "Muito rara e apreciada." Canto Ensaio bibliographico … 1828 a 1834 (1892) 994: "Rara e muito interesante"; also giving the complete table of contents. Canto, Inventário 692. This year not in Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, Os sucessores de Zacuto: o almanaque na Biblioteca Nacional; see 651-2 for two editions printed in 1830 for the year 1831.