Fernández Pinto Alpoym, Exame de bombeiros, 1748, contemporary calf

FERNÁNDEZ PINTO ALPOYM, JOSÉ

Exame de bombeiros. Madrid [Rio de Janeiro? (see footnote)]: Francisco Martinez Abad, 1748

4to (198 x 140mm.), half-title, title printed in red and black, engraved portrait and 20 folding plates (no.1-18 and 2A and 11A), one folding table, contemporary calf, binding slightly worn

"[One of] the first two books on military engineering written in Brazil and [one of] the first two 'textbooks' of this kind by a Brazilian author" (Borba de Moraes). It is thought that this edition was published in Rio de Janeiro (see Borba de Moraes, pp.25-26).

LITERATURE:

Borba de Moraes, Bibliographia Brasiliana, p.25; Palau 89572