O Casamento civil. Resposta ao Sr. Alexandre Herculano. 2ª edição.

Lisbon, Imprensa Nacional, 1866.. Large 8°, original pink printed wrappers. Uncut and unopened. In very good to fine condition. 16 pp. *** Part of the debate raging over civil marriage in Portugal that erupted when the first Codigo Civil was being written from 1850 to 1865. Innocêncio lists 32 works on civil marriage published in 1865 and 1866 (IX, 182-185).D. António da Costa [de Sousa de Macedo] (1824-1892), Portuguese author and politician, was the son of the 1.° conde de Mesquitela, D. Luís da Costa de Sousa de Macedo e Albuquerque, and his condessa, D. Maria Inácia de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun. Parliamentary deputy, he was Minister of Public Instruction for 69 days in 1870, during which time he promoted reforms in both primary and higher education, as well as for public libraries. Founder of the Centro Promotor de Instrução Popular, he served as Comissário for the Teatro D. Maria II.*** Innocêncio IX, 183.