{"product_id":"early-brazilian-printing-decree-on-trade-and-custom-duties-rio-1811","title":"Early Brazilian Printing – Portuguese Trade and Import Duties – Printed in Rio in 1811","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEarly Brazilian Printing – Portuguese Trade and Import Duties – Printed in Rio in 1811\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePríncipe Regente (D. João VI).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Alvará com força de Lei, pelo qual Vossa Alteza Real em Declaração, e Ampliação do paragrafo segundo do Alvará de vinte e oito de Abril de mil oitocentos e nove, Há por bem Determinar o modo mais facil de se legalizarem as mercadorias de manufactura Portugueza…”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e[Royal Decree with the force of law, whereby His Royal Highness determines the manner in which goods of Portuguese manufacture are to be certified, in order to qualify for exemption from import duties in the ports of Brazil and the Portuguese Overseas Dominions.]\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e-Rio de Janeiro: Na Impressão Régia, 1811.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e-Folio. [2] pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e-Large woodcut royal initial. Wide margins. Some light marking and wear, but a very good copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eAn early Brazilian imprint, printed only three years after the establishment of the \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eImpressão Régia, the first permanent printing press in Brazil\u003c\/span\u003e. Following Napoleon’s invasion of Portugal, the Portuguese royal court fled across the Atlantic and established itself at Rio de Janeiro in 1808.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eIssued in 1811, this decree reflects changes to the old colonial trading system. It established how manufactured goods with a proven Portuguese origin could enter Brazil and other Portuguese territories without import duties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eNo copies on OCLC\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De Bry Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57260334678394,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0624\/2969\/2075\/files\/PHOTO-2026-07-10-19-48-06.jpg?v=1789254799","url":"https:\/\/debryrarebooks.com\/products\/early-brazilian-printing-decree-on-trade-and-custom-duties-rio-1811","provider":"De Bry Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}