Impugnação imparcial do folheto intitulado Os Sebastianistas, em que se continûa a responder ao segundo ponto.

Lisbon, Na Impressão Regia, 1810.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 5 works in 1 volume. 8°, later binding covered with piece of calf from a folio-size binding of the seventeenth century, some blind-tooled fillets and stamps (slight wear at extremities), text-block edges sprinkled blue-green. Woodcut Portuguese royal arms on title page. In very good to fine condition. Stamp and stamped accession number of Dr. José Bayolo Pacheco de Amorim, as well as the blue oval stamp of the Biblioteca of the Universidade Autonoma de Lisboa, Rua de Santa Marta, 56, on recto of front free endleaf. 48 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. This is the second blast by this author in an extended polemical war begun by José Agostinho de Macedo on the theme of Sebastianism and Sebastianists. Earlier the same year Sá published at the same press, with the same collation, a work in which the author's name does not appear on the title page and instead is given as "hum Amador de Verdade", and in which the words "em que se continûa a responder ao segundo ponto" are omitted. Not much is known about the author, who was active in the first quarter of the nineteenth century and was a Franciscan of the Third Order, living at the Convento de Nossa Senhora de Jesus in Lisbon. According to Innocêncio, José Maria de Sá was his secular name.King Sebastian was presumed killed at the Battle of Alcácer-Quibir in 1578, but there were no eyewitnesses, and his body was never found. Many Portuguese came to believe Sebastian survived the battle and would return to claim his throne. This led to Sebastianism: the belief that Sebastian could return at any moment to replace the illegitimate rule of King Philip II of Castile (Philip I of Portugal). During the time of the Iberian Union, from 1580 to 1640, four men claimed to be the returned King Sebastian. The last of these pretenders, who was in fact an Italian, was hanged in 1619.Over the years myths and legends arose concerning Sebastian, the common thread being that he was a great Portuguese patriot, the "sleeping king" who would return to help Portugal in its darkest hour - like the British King Arthur or the German Frederick Barbarossa. He would then be known by symbolic names: O Encoberto (The Hidden One) who would return on a foggy morning to save Portugal; or O Desejado (The Desired). The legend was vigorously promoted through the massive circulation of popular rhymes (trovas) written by Bandarra. Even in the final decade of the twentieth century, Sebastianist peasants in the Brazilian sertão believed that the king would return to help them in their rebellion against the "godless" Brazilian republic.The tale of Sebastian's disappearance and alleged return is the basis for the popular song "A Lenda de El Rei D. Sebastião" ("The Legend of King Sebastian") by the Portuguese band Quarteto 1111 in 1968. He also appears in a Harry Potter book (Order of the Phoenix) in the form of a portrait near the transfiguration courtyard.*** Innocêncio V, 37. Not in Ayres Magalhães de Sepúlveda, Dicionário bibliográfico da Guerra Peninsular. Not in Biblioteca Pública de Braga, Catálogo do Fundo Barca-Oliveira. Porbase locates three copies, all in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Jisc cites a single copy of what is probably the earlier work by the author on this subject (the cataloguing information was insufficient to differentiate with absolute certainty) at the British Library. Not in Hollis, which cites the author's earlier work on this subject. KVK (51 databases searched) adds Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. *** BOUND WITH:  MACEDO, José Agostinho de. As pateadas de theatro investigadas na sua origem, e causas. Lisbon: Na Impressão Regia, 1812. 8º, 132 pp.FIRST EDITION. José Agostinho de Macedo (1761-1831) was a prolific writer of prose and verse, best known for his pamphleteering: "Ponderous and angry like a lesser Samuel Johnson, he bullies and crushes his opponents in the raciest vernacular … his idiomatic and vigorous prose will always be read with pleasure" (Bell, Portuguese Literature p. 282). Macedo was also well known for his arrogance in literary matters: he condemned as worthless Homer's poems, which he had never read in the original, and believed his own epic Gama, 1811 (reworked and published as O Oriente, 1814), could have taught Camões how Os Lusiadas should have been written.* Innocêncio IV, 200: "É universalmente reputada como uma das obras mais engraçadas e chistosas de José Agostinho." Not in Porbase, which cites a single copy only of an 1825 edition at the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. OCLC: 44821030 (University of Toronto Newberry, University of Victoria, Oxford University); also the 1825 edition at Harvard University. Not in Orbis. Copac cites a copy in the British Library. KVK (51 databases searched) locates only the copies cited by Porbase.AND BOUND WITH:[COUTO, António Maria do]. Breve analyse do novo poêma que se intitúla Oriente: por hum amigo do publico. Lisbon: Na Nova Impressão da Viuva Neves e Filhos, 1815. 8º, 28 pp.FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Couto (1778?-1843) was professor régio of Greek and later reitor of the Lycêo Nacional, Lisbon.* Innocêncio I, 199; XIV 292. José do Canto 979. OCLC: 9284456 (Newberry Library, Indiana University, Harvard University, Duke University, Thomas Fisher Libary-University of Toronto); 560008402 (British Library); 798071370 is digitized. Not located in Porbase. Copac cites British Library. Not located in KVK (51 databases searched).AND BOUND WITH:[PITAVAL, Carlos]. Carta, e sonho de hum homem de Cabrélla. Lisbon: Na Impressão de J.F.M. de Campos, 1815. 8º, 18 pp.FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Touches on the relative merits of the epics of Homer, Camões, and José Agostinho de Macedo.* Not located in Innocêncio. Porbase locates three copies, all in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. OCLC: 66528406 (Newberry Library). Not located in Copac. KVK (51 databases searched) locates only the copies cited by Porbase. Not located in Hollis or Orbis. AND BOUND WITH:[COUTO, António Maria do]. A materialeira: discurso em que o Professor Regio Antonio Maria do Couto desfia hum dialogo com o grave titulo de Miseria, que Macedo em hum accesso de frenetico delirio compuzera contra Couto. Offerecido ao Público para sua instrucção. Lisbon: Na Impressão de J.F.M. de Campos, 1815. 8º, (1 blank l., 1 l.), 64 pp.FIRST and ONLY EDITION.* Innocêncio I, 199. Porbase locates five copies, all in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. OCLC: 5213688 (Houghton Library, Library of Congress, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library-University of Toronto, Indiana University, Newberry Library, Tulane University). Not located in Copac. KVK (51 databases searched) locates only the copies cited by Porbase.