- 99
Goa--manuscript
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Instrucçoens Com que El Rey Meu Senhor manda passar ao Estado da India o Reverendo Arcebispo de Goa, Primaz do Oriente. [?Lisbon, c.1774]
- Paper
Folio (344 x 215mm.), 100 pages of manuscript text, plus blanks, contemporary calf, gilt, worming to binding and endpapers, slightly warped and rubbed with minor loss
Provenance
Sobral family, likely Joaquim Inàcio da Cruz Sobral or his brother Anselmo José da Cruz Sobral, bookplate
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Manuscript (copy) of a royal letter addressed to the Archbishop of Goa, Dom Frei Francisco da Assunção e Brito, dated 10 February 1774, outlining the ecclesiastic reforms in six instructions, being part of a very large political government reform of the Indian State (Estado da Índia). In the same day, instructions were also sent to the Governor-General outlining reforms for military, political and economic matters.
The instructions were apparently sent by the Marquês de Pombal to the Reverendo Arcebispo de Goa, being Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, 1st Count of Oeiras (1699-1782) and Frei Francisco da Assunção e Brito (Archbishop of Goa from 1774 to 1783).
Carvalho was one of the most prominent Portuguese statesmen of the eighteenth-century, having performed as Prime Minister of Jose I of Portugal; it was under him that slavery in Portugal and the Portuguese colonies in India was abolished and the Autos-de-fé and Limpeza de Sangue were terminated.