Exposição do procedimento politico do Consul Geral de Portugal durante os ultimos acontecimentos da Republica Oriental do Uruguay, com a refutação das calumnias publicadas pelo Governo de Montevideo no Decreto que o suspende de suas funcçõens, e o expulsa d'aquella cidade. [Facing page:] Exposé de la conduite politique du Consul Général de Portugal ....

Buenos Aires, Imprensa do Estado, 1843.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 2 works in 1 volume. Large 8°, contemporary tan quarter calf over decorated boards (some rubbing and stains), smooth spine with gilt bands, small ornaments in blind, orange cloth label lettered "Miscelanea" in gilt. In very good condition. Unidentified modern pictorial bookplate depicting a tree in black flanked with initials "AC" in red, within double ruled borders (outer red, inner black). In upper outer corner of front pastedown endleaf is an older, small octagonal white paper ticket with blue border and ink manuscript shelfmark ("197") at center. [3]-93 pp., probably lacking a half title or initial blank leaf. Facing pages in Portuguese and French. Collation agrees with the online copy at University of California-Berkeley. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Souza Leite Azevedo, Portugal's consul general in Montevideo, defends himself against charges by the government of Uruguay that he was in league with Buenos Aires, providing numerous supporting documents. Uruguay had expelled him from Montevideo.The context here is the struggles in Uruguay between the liberal Colorados, who favored the Unitarios in Argentina (the party opposed to the dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas), and the conservative Blancos, representing agricultural interests in the countryside (allied to Rosas). The Blancos were led by Manuel Ceferino Oribe y Viana, president of Uruguay from 1835 to 1838, while the Colorados were led by Fructuoso Rivera, who had been president from 1830 to 1834, and became president again from 1839 to 1843. On 15 June 1838, an army led by Rivera overthrew president Oribe, who fled to Argentina. Rivera declared war on Rosas in 1839. The thirteen-year conflict became known as the Guerra Grande. In 1843, an Argentine army overran Uruguay on Oribe's behalf, but failed to take the capital. The siege of Montevideo, which began in February 1843, lasted nine years. The besieged Uruguayans called on resident foreigners for help, which led to a French and an Italian legion being formed, the latter led by the exiled Giuseppe Garibaldi.*** Not in Innocêncio. Not in Palau. Porbase locates a single copy, in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Jisc repeats British Library and adds Oxford University. KVK (51 databases searched) locates only the copy cited by Porbase. Not located in CCPBE. Not located in Rebiun. *** BOUND WITH:  Réglement consulaire portugais mis en vigueur par décret du 26 novembre 1851, traduit en français par Hector Gitton. Édition officielle. Lisbon: Imprimerie Nationale, 1875. Outer and lower edges uncut. Scattered mild foxing. Overall in very good condition. 184 pp., 1 folding table [pp. 135-6], 2 color plates.Second edition in French; originally published in 1857. The color plates depict full consular regalia ("Grand Uniforme Consulaire"), seals, flag, and cockade.* OCLC: 253434568 (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin-Preußischer Kulturbesitz-Haus Potsdamer Straße); 37912432 (New York Public Library). Porbase locates a single copy, in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Not located in Copac. KVK (44 databases searched) locates two copies: the one cited by Porbase, and the one cited by OCLC in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.