Relatorio e projecto de lei para a Organisação de uma Companhia Protectora do Commercio e Agricultura das Vinhos da Provincia da Estremadura .

[BEIRÃO, Caetano Maria Ferreira da Silva].

Published by Typ. da Gazeta dos Tribunaes

About this Item

8°, stitched. Small wood-engraved floral ornament on title page. Uncut. A few small light brown spots. In very good condition overall. 28 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION, signed in print at the end by Caetano Maria Ferreira da Silva Beirão, deputy from Beira, who (according to p. 1) presented the proposal to the Camara dos Deputados. It proposes the creation of an Associação Promotora do Commercio e Agricultura dos Vinhos da Provincia da Estremadura. The author's explanation of the need for such a company fills pp. 3-17. The proposed law (pp. 18-27) begins with the stipulation that the Companhia will buy all the wine and aguardente produced in Estremadura and will control its export.Government intervention in the wine trade in Portugal had a history dating back to the monopolistic practices of the Companhia Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto Douro (a.k.a. the Real Companhia Velha) established in 1756, under the Marquês de Pombal. By the time this work was published, attempts were being made to reduce the influence of the Real Companhia Velha; it was dismantled in 1853.*** Not in Simon, Bibliotheca Vinaria. Not in Unzelman, Wine & Gastronomy. Porbase locates two copies, both at Bibioteca Nacional de Portugal. Not located in Jisc. KVK (51 databases searched) locates only the copies cited by Porbase. Not located in NUC.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Relatorio e projecto de lei para a Organisação de uma Companhia Protectora do Commercio e Agricultura das Vinhos da Provincia da Estremadura .
• Publisher: Typ. da Gazeta dos Tribunaes
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)