A primavera. Cantata. Impressa no Tomo VI Parte 1 das Memorias da Academia das Sciencias de Lisboa em 1819.

Lisbon, Na Typografia da [Real] Academia das Sciencias, 1821.. First separate editions. 4 works in 1 volume. Large 4° (25.4 x 19.4 cm.), contemporary marbled wrappers (spine rather defective). Woodcut arms of the Real Academia das Sciencias de Lisboa on title page. Light foxing. Overall in very good condition. 15 pp. *** Second separate edition of A primavera, and first separate editions of the three following works, published as reprints from the Memorias of the Real Academia das Sciencias de Lisboa. Villela Barbosa (1769-1846), a native of Rio de Janeiro, studied at Coimbra and became professor of mathematics at the Academia Real de Marinha. When he wrote the three Discursos in this volume, in 1821, he was Vice-Secretario of the Academia Real das Sciencias. He served in the Côrtes of 1821 but returned to Brazil when the Parliament concluded in 1823, and became one of the three negotiators of the 1825 treaty recognizing Brazilian independence. He later served as Senador, Conselheiro de Estado, Coronel de Engenheiros, and several times as Ministro de Estado. Created 1.º Visconde de Paranaguá by the Brazilian Emperor D. Pedro I in 1825, and 1.º Marquês in 1826, Villela Barbosa is best known for his poetry, such as Poemas, Coimbra, 1794, and Primavera, Lisbon 1821, but also published several popular geometry textbooks.*** Borba de Moraes (1983) I, 75: citing an 1819 reprint from the Memorias of the Academia; and Período colonial p. 54, citing this edition, correcting Sacramento Blake's comments on the editions, and quoting Innocêncio that only 50 offprints (sic; i.e. reprints) were produced. Sacramento Blake III, 136. Innocêncio III, 82: states that while Villela Barbosa is not a poet of the first rank, "cabe-lhe de justiça um logar distincto entre os poetas do Brasil; e na opinião de judiciosos criticos mostra em suas composições mais imaginação, mais força, e estylo mais poetico que o seu compatriota e contemporaneo José Bonifacio d'Andrade." See also Rodrigues 2553. Not in JCB, Portuguese and Brazilian Books (but sold to JCB by us in 2011, along with the other works here bound in). Not in Palha. W. Martins, História da inteligência brasileira II, 5-7 ("um árcade retardatário, um clássico extemporâneao e um mau poeta"), 177, 212. Veríssimo, História da literatura brasileira (1969) pp. 87, 113, 119. Not located in Porbase. Not located in Jisc. Not located in KVK (51 databases searched). NUC: Not located; cites the 1794 Poemas at DLC-P4 and DCU-IA.*** BOUND WITH:  BARBOSA, Francisco de Villela, later 1º Visconde and still later 1.º Marquês de Paranaguá. Discurso historico, recitado na sessão publica da Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa no dia 24 de junho de 1821 pelo Vice-Secretario …. 18 pp.Includes summaries and evaluations of reports received by the Academia during the past year, including geological and botanical reports from São Paulo, Minas Geraes, Rio Negro, Amazonas and Mato Grosso.* Borba de Moraes, Período colonial p. 55. Sacramento Blake III, 135-6. Innocêncio III, 82. Not in Palha.  AND BOUND WITH:BARBOSA, Francisco de Villela, later 1º Visconde and still later 1.º Marquês de Paranaguá. Discurso recitado no Paço de Queluz perante ElRei o Senhor D. João VI, em 9 de julho de 1821, por occasião do seu feliz regresso ao Reino de Portugal. (1 l.)* Not in Borba de Moraes, Período colonial or Sacramento Blake. Innocêncio III, 82 refers to a version published in the Memorias of the Academia. Not in Palha.  AND BOUND WITH:BARBOSA, Francisco de Villela, later 1º Visconde and still later 1.º arquês de Paranaguá. Discurso recitado no Paço de Queluz perante o Serenissimo Senhor Infante D. Miguel, Presidente da Academia, em 17 de julho de 1821, por occasião da sua chegada ao Reino de Portugal. (1 l.).* Borba de Moraes, Período colonial p. 55. Not in Sacramento Blake. Innocêncio II, 82 refers to the version published in the Memorias of the Academia. Not in Palha. Not located in BLC or NUC.