[Rarebooks] FS: Controversial account of Portugal and her colonies. Lausanne: 1775

[Kenneth Karmiole]

[Dumouriez, Charles-Francois du Perier]. ETAT PRESENT DU ROYAUME DE PORTUGAL, EN L'ANNEE MDCCLXVI. Lausanne: Francois Grasset & Comp. 1775. 12mo. xvi,304pp. Orig. boards, uncut. Hand lettered paper spine label. Old Library of Congress bookplate and deacquisition rubber stamp on front pastedown.                  $375.00 (trade discount allowed)
A controversial account of Portugal, Brazil and her other colonies that was published without the author's consent and was strongly objected to by the Portuguese government whose colonial affairs were highly censored.

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