Bidspirit auction | Traductor da Cartilha do Bom

Traductor da Cartilha do Bom Cidadão - História de D. João VI, Rei de Portugal, 1ª Edição - Traductor da Cartilha do Bom Cidadão, 1838. Published in 1838 in Lisbon, printed with excellence and elegance at the prestigious Typographia Patriotica de C. J. da Silva e Comp. (Rua d'Atalaia, nº 33). This is the extremely rare, highly valuable and coveted first edition in Portuguese of this remarkable historical and chronological biography entitled ”Historia de D. João VI, Rei de Portugal”, translated from its original French version (Paris, 1827). The work offers a precious documentary portrait of the reign of D. João VI, the transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil, the liberal struggles and the subsequent Brazilian independence. The copy is bound in an elegant period red half-leather (half-sheepskin) binding without corners, with cardboard plates covered in marbled paper in shades of greenish-green, gray and red of great aesthetic effect. The spine is entirely smooth, decorated in gold with gilt fillets and two black leather labels with the title.