Maximas discretas sobre a reforma necessaria da agricultura, commercio, milicia, marinha, tribunaes, e fabricas, [&c.] de Portugal

Contributor:

Joseph, King of Portugal, 1714-1777 (addressee)

Name:

Cunha, Luiz da, 1662-1749; Alfonso Cassuto Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800; 1706-1750

Date:

1750

Description:

Advice about reform in Portugal, including concerns about the Inquisition, addressed to Prince Joseph, who took an active role in ruling Portugal after his father, King John V, suffered a stroke in 1742.

Language:

Portuguese

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Adolpho Soares Cardozo (Porto, Portugal; stamp on title page, f. 1r).; Formerly owned by antiquarian bookdealer and collector Alfonso Cassuto (Lisbon; label inside upper cover; embossed stamp, f. 1r).; Sold at auction at Kestenbaum & Company as part of the Alfonso Cassuto collection, Part 2, 23 June 2011, lot 44.; Cardozo, Adolpho Soares, former owner.; Cassuto, Alfonso, 1910-1990, former owner.

Subject:

Inquisition -- Portugal -- Early works to 1800; Kings and rulers -- Duties -- Early works to 1800; Kings and rulers -- Duties; Inquisition; Politics and government

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); polemics; Manuscripts, Portuguese; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

47 leaves : paper; 203 x 155 (178 x 130) mm bound to 207 x 165 mm

Geographic Subject:

Portugal -- Politics and government -- 1706-1750; Portugal

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Portuguese ambassador in Vienna, the Hague, and Paris.; Title from title page (f. 1r); later published under the title Testamento político.; Collation: Paper, 47; 1⁷ 2¹² 3⁸ 4¹² 5⁸; [1-47], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.; Layout: Written in 24 long lines.; Script: Written in cursive script by a single hand.; Decoration: Double-ruled border on title page (f. 1r).; Binding: Contemporary (18th-century) mottled calf; gilt florets and letters C.M. on spine; paper label with blue border and number 1915 in ink on spine.; Origin: Probably written in Portugal, in the second half of the 18th century (Kestenbaum).; Portuguese, with occasional words in Latin and French.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1616