Poemas
By: de Francisco Vilella Barbosa, natural do Rio de Janeiro, e estudante de mathematica na Universidade de Coimbra
Publisher: Na Real Imprensa da Universidade.
Published: 1794
Place of publication: Coimbra
Language: por
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Portuguese poetry
Notes: Francisco Vilela Barbosa, marques de Paranaguá, studied mathematics at the Universidade de Coimbra and taught that subject at the Academia Real de Marinha, and a deputy in the Córtes in 1821; after returning to Brazil in 1823, he served as one of the three negotiators who concluded the 1825 treaty recognizing the independence of Brazil and he served as a minister and secretary of state a few times; although he was best known for his poetry, he also wrote several popular geometry textbooks.

Signatures: [A]⁸ ([A]3 verso blank) B-H⁸ (H8 verso blank)

Some of the leaves in this publication were censored and removed after publication, with some holding libraries wanting the same leaves as are missing here: p. 31-36 (leaves B8, C, and C2), p. 45-46 (leaf C7), and p. 115-120 (leaves H2, H3, and H4)

Engraved printer's vignette of a stringed instrument and a plumed pen on title page; head pieces.

Silva, I.F. da. Diccionário bibliográphico portuguez, III: p. 81.

Moraes, R.B. de. Bibliografia brasileira do período colonial, p. 52.