Constituição politica da monarchia portugueza.

Lisbon, Na Imprensa Nacional, 1838.. FIRST EDITION. 4°, contemporary blue, red, orange and white decorated wrappers (spine largely defective). Woodcut Portuguese royal arms on title page. Very good to fine condition. Signature of Manoel Antonio Teneiro [?] do Aragão in lower blank margin of recto of leaf following the title page. (1 l.), 31, (1) pp. *** FIRST EDITION [?] of the third Portuguese constitution. There is another 1838 edition by the same publisher. No priority has been established. Both editions say "Edição Official" on the versos of their title pages. The present constitution is a reworking of the first Portuguese constitution, originally decreed by the General, Extraordinary and Constitutional Cortes on September 23, 1822, accepted by D. João VI on October 1 of the same year, then renounced by him on May 31, 1823. It was re-instituted with modifications under the liberal regime early in the reign of D. Maria II from September 10, 1836 until April 4, 1838. This present version contains the date 20 March 1838 on p. 26, at the end of the text of the constitution, followed by the names of the deputies to the Cortes which approved it on pp. 26-30, followed in turn by the Queen's acceptance and her oath to uphold the constitution, dated 4 April 1838, on p. 31. This third Portuguese constitution remained in force until February 10, 1842, when it was replaced by the Carta constitucional, which had originally been decreed by D. Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil in 1826, abrogated by D. Miguel in 1828, and put back into force after the victory of the liberals under D. Pedro in August 1834.The deputies who signed this constitution, in addition to coming from all corners of continental Portugal, included António Bernardo da Costa Cabral, António José Pereira Leite, the Barão de Naronha, João Baptista de Almeida Garrett, João Soares de Albergaria Cabral, Manuel António de Vasconcellos Pereira, and António Joaquim Nunes de Vasconcellos, representing the Açores, Jose Teixeira Rebello and Lourenço José Moniz, representing Madeira, and Theodorico José d'Abrantes, representing Moçambique.In this copy the unnumbered leaf with the heading "Decreto" granting exclusive privilege of printing this constitution to the Imprensa Nacional, is bound after the title page.*** Not referred to by Innocêncio. Porbase cites four copies of the present edition, all in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (but calling it an 8º, in error; one in "mau estado"), as well as a single copy of an edition of the same year and publisher, in 16º with 59 pp., (2 ll.)., also in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. OCLC locates a copy of the 59 pp. 16º edition at the Yale Law School Library. OCLC also locates a copy at the National Library of Sweden, but without collation. No edition located in Jisc. Not located in Hollis. Not located in Melvyl.