Relaçam curioza do sitio de Grão Pará, terras de Mato-Grosso, bondade do clima, e fertilidade daquellas terras. Escrita por hum curiozo experiente daquelle paiz. Primeira parte [all published].

[Lisbon?], n.pr., n.d. [1754?].. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Small 4°, nineteenth-century plain brown wrappers (slight fraying). Moderate browning, but not brittle. In good condition. White paper ticket with blue border on front cover (3 x 4.2 cm.) bears notation "221" in pencil. 8 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Borba writes: "The author of this interesting anonymous account must certainly have traveled across the Brazilian 'sertões.' He describes the excellence of the climate, the forests, and the animals in the jungle. 'O animal mais horrendo he o Jacareo,' he states, writing also about the 'onça,' the snakes, the 'surucuré,' etc. The author declares that this account was written with the intention of publicizing these regions which he considers to be a paradise. … a second part was never published." A number of authorities have commented on the rarity of this pamphlet. We speculate that one reason for this rarity, in addition to the ephemeral nature of the piece and its interest, may be the policy of the Portuguese court to suppress all such glowing accounts about Brazil throughout the colonial period. This also may also be the reason the second part never saw the light of day.*** Borba de Moraes (1983) II, 707–8: "This curious account is very rare." Catálogo da Exposição de História do Brasil: "rare." JCB, Portuguese and Brazilian Books 754/1. Maggs, Bibliotheca brasiliense 221 (giving the date as 1753). Azevedo-Samodães 2672: "very rare." Not in Bosch or Rodrigues. Not in JFB. Porbase locates a single copy, in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Not located in Jisc. KVK (51 databases searched) locates only the copy cited by Porbase. NUC: NN, RPJCB, DCU–IA and MH.