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Title: Eight mid-19th century works on Goa, India, in Portuguese, published in Nova-Goa Author: Place: Nova-Goa Publisher: Date: 1848-1889 Description: (8vo) bound in later but likely 19th century leather-backed cloth or boards, except for one. Collection of quite scarce accounts, most first hand, of the Portuguese colony of Goa, India, and voyages there and back. Includes: Barbuda, Cláudio Legrange Monteiro de. Huma viagem de duas mil legoas. xiii, 99, 136, 104 pp. First edition in book form. Nova-Goa: Na Impressa Nacional, 1848. Account of Barbuda’s voyage from Lisbon to Goa via Gibraltar, Marseille, Malta, the Suez, the Red Sea and Bombay. Rivara, Joaquim Heliodoro da Cunha. De Lisboa a Goa pelo mediterraneo, Egypto, e mar-vermelho em setembro e outubro de 1855. Carta circular, que a seus amigos de Europa dirige. 76 pp. First edition. Nova-Goa: Imprensa nacional, 1856. Account of a voyage from Europe to Goa via the Meditarranean, visiting Gilbraltar, Malta, Suez, Aden, etc. (Top margin of title page trimmed; old ink signature to endpaper.) Nery Xavier, Filippe, editor. Instrucçao do ex.mo vice-rei marquez de Alorna ao seu successor o ex.mo vice-rei marquez de Tavora. xx, 129, 99 pp. Original wrappers bound in. Second edition. Nova-Goa: Imprensa nacional, 1856. Comprises a brief history of the life of Marquez de Alorna, an account of his campaigns, etc. Nery Xavier, Filippe. Defensa dos direitos das Gaõ-carias, Gaõ-cares, e dos seus privilegios, contra a proposta de sua dissolução, e divisão das suas terras : offerecida ao Governo Geral do Estado da India. xvi, 112, 104 pp. Modern full calf. Nova-Goa: Imprensa nacional, 1856. Contains information about privileges and benefits, status, government and administration, division of land, etc., of the native Goans. Codigo dos usos e costumes dos habitantes das novas-conquistas, em Portuguez e Maratha : acompanhado dos respectivos indices. 74 pp. Portuguese and Marathi in parallel columns. [bound with] Additamento ao Codigo dos Unos e Costumes… 96 pp. Nova-Goa: Imprensa nacional, 1861. Regulations for governing the Novas Conquistas, a group of seven administrative districts or concelhos of mainland Goa. Lopes Mendes, António. Apontamentos sobre a provincia de Satary do estado da India Portugueza. 139 pp. Nova-Goa: Imprensa nacional, 1864. The author, an agricultural engineer, describes the Satary province in Goa and gives information about social matters, geography, climate, geology, commerce, laws, agriculture, etc. Feições meteorologicas de Goa, séde do Estado da India Portugueza, por um official engenheiro do mesmo Estado. 75 pp. . Nova-Goa: Imprensa nacional, 1867. Meteorological aspects of Goa. Xavier, Alfredo Augusto Caldas. Estudos coloniaes. 78, 12 pp. Nova-Goa: Imprensa nacional, 1889. The author, a Portuguese military officer and colonial administrator, served for many years in Mocambique, and in Portuguese India between 1887 and 1890. Lot Amendments Condition: Fairly minor wear overall, occasional foxing and darkening to contents, very good. Item number: 275375