BORGES, José Ferreira Instituiçoens de direito cambial portuguez, com referencias às Leis, Ordenaçoens, e Costumes das principaes praças da Europa acerca de Letras de Cambio. London M. Calero 1825
Small 4to. 4 pp., (1) f., (5)-244, LXXX pp. Contemporary calf, spine gilt (foot of spine chipped). Ownership signature on title p., some slight staining.
First edition. One of the foremost economists of early 19th century Portugal, Ferreira Borges compiled the first Portuguese commercial code and was active in organizing commercial administration in Portugal. He was made a Councillor of State by D. Pedro IV but was obliged to flee to London when the Constitition was abolished and an absolute monarchy declared. There he planned his Código Comercial, and published this book, one of the earliest of his works in which he sets out the legislation in force in different countries regarding bills of exchange, essential for international commerce. Innocêncio IV, 328 & XII, 327.
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