Paris, Na Livraria Portugueza de J.P. Aillaud, 1845.. FIRST EDITION. 12°, original green printed wrappers (short tear to front joint at head of spine). Uncut. Foxing, mostly light; minor toning. Overall in good to very good condition. (1 blank l., 3 ll.), 262 pp. *** FIRST EDITION of this collection of practical recipes for the arts, industry and domestic use. There are sections on varnish for waterproofing and in various colors (gilt, tortoise-shell, etc.), for colors to paint on porcelain, for dyes, and for ink in various colors. Includes methods for washing chintz and gingham dresses; how to wash white silk, black silk, and silk of different colors (including yellow, brown, and crimson). Additionally there is a section on how to store furs and wool dresses without being eaten by bugs (pp. 12-26). Also covered are imitation gems, iron-working (with two American methods cited, pp. 54-5 and 57-8), making dry milk for use on long voyages, cleaning and coloring bronze and copper, stain removal, cosmetics and food preservation. The recipes were compiled from works recently published in France and England. Lopes de Moura (1780-1860), an Afro-Brazilian author, native of Bahia, became involved in the Inconfidencia Bahiana of 1798 and later fought in the Peninsular War before establishing a medical practice in Paris. There he found that he could not live on his income as a physician, and so applied himself to writing and translating: he was responsible for the translation into Portuguese of several French medical books, as well as works of Sir Walter Scott and James Fenimore Cooper. His translations had such great influence in Brazil that D. Pedro II, hearing of his financial difficulties, awarded him a pension from his private purse. *** Sacramento Blake II, 10: without collation; mentions a Lisbon edition in 8vo, without giving a date. Innocêncio II, 11; IX, 4: without collation, and calling the work an 18mo. Ramos, A edição da lingua portuguesa em França 456. Not in Borba de Moraes, who lists other works by the author. Not in Ticknor Catalog. On Lopes de Moura see Guerra, El medico político, pp. 60-1. Bandeira, Brief History of Brazilian Literature p. 99. Not located in Porbase. Not located in Jisc. Not located in KVK (51 databases searched), but should have located the Bibliothèque nationale de France copy. Not located in NUC.
