JOSÉ MARIANO DA CONCEIÇÃO VELOSO - 1742-1811, O fazendeiro do Brazil (The farmer from Brazil),

JOSÉ MARIANO DA CONCEIÇÃO VELOSO - 1742-1811, O fazendeiro do Brazil (The farmer from Brazil), VELOSO, Frei José Mariano da Conceição (compil.).- O fazendeiro do Brazil cultivador [& criador]. Melhorado na economia rural dos generos já cultivados, e de outros, que se podem introduzir; e nas fabricas, que lhe saõ proprias, segundo o melhor, que se tem escrito a este assumpto...- Lisboa: Na Officina de Simão Thaddeo Ferreira [e outros], 1798-1806.- 6 vols.: il.; 16 cm.- E. The Farmer from Brazil was an educational publication of the initiative of Friar Mariano Veloso (1742-1811), Franciscan religious, botanist born in Minas Gerais who managed the the Arco do Cego workshop in Lisbon, between 1799 and 1801. It was the meant to educate the Brazilian farmers and consists of 11 volumes (10 of Grower Farmer and one of Creator Farmer). The set consists of the following volumes: Volume i. Part II.: The culture of the cane, and sugar invoice. Lisbon: In Officina de Simon Thaddeo Ferreira, 1798.-VII, [1 Br.], 419, [1 Br.] p.: 1 engraved title page; 17 cm. (the 8 engravings brochures are missing); Tomo II. Part I.: Tinturaria. Cultura do cateiro, e criação da cochonilha. Lisbon: In Officina of Alissa Procopio Correia da Silva, 1800.-XI, [1 Br.], 196, [2] p.: 5 colour engravings, 4 (3) engravings brochures; 17 cm. (missing 2 engraving brochures [indigoaria]); Tomo II. Part III: Tinturaria. Cultura do indigo, e extracção da sua fecula. Lisbon: In Officina de Simon Thaddeo Ferreira, 1798.-XX, 202 p.: 1 engraved Title page, 3 engravings (complete); Tomo III. Part III.: bebidas alimentosas. Cacao. Lisbon: In Impressam Regia, 1805.-[14], 349, [1 Br.] p.: 1 engraved title page, 3 engravings; 17 cm. (stamped copy with lack of 1 engraving brochure.); Tomo V. Part I.: Filatura. Lisbon: In Impressam Regia, 1806.-[14], 348, [2] p., 1. fold-out table : 5 engravings, 10 (6) engravings brochures; 17 cm. (the engravings feature the following numbering: EST. 1 and 2, EST. 5, EST. 6, [EST. 7], EST. 8 and [EST. 9]); The creator farmer from Brazil. Volume i. part i.: milk, cheese, and butter. Lisbon: Arco do Cego Typographia Chalcographica, Typoplastica e Litteraria, 1801.-[8], 250, [1, 1 Br.] p.: 2 engravings brochures; 17 cm. (complete); Arco do Cego, 81 (copy printed on blue paper). Non contemporary bindings with leather spines. Arco do Cego, 137 and 81.