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- - Descripção da Estatua-Equestre de D. Pedro 4.º - -, 1866. Published in 1866 by the Typographia de António José da Silva Teixeira, this text presents a detailed description of the equestrian statue of King Pedro IV, inaugurated in Praça de D. Pedro, in the city of Porto. The copy is a brochure with a carefully crafted half-leather binding, ornamented with marbled triangles and gilded details, and includes an illustration of the aforementioned statue. This work constitutes a relevant historical record of the iconography and the context of the construction of one of the most emblematic monuments of the city of Porto.