Sep 17, 2009 - Sale 2186

Sale 2186 - Lot 251

Price Realized: $ 1,440
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(BRAZIL.) Azeredo Coutinho, José Joaquim da Cunha de. Ensaio Economico sobre o Comercio de Portugal e suas Colonias. Small 4to, later 1/2 calf; uncut; inked stamp of John Carter Brown on first page, and his bookplate on front pastedown, discreet library release stamp on final page. With half-title and [3] pages of undated publisher's catalogue. (JCB) Lisbon, 1794

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first edition. "The best known work by Azeredo Coutinho, the controversial figure of the Brazilian Enlightenment. This first edition is scarce"--Borba de Moraes page 229.