Franciscode Paula Brito: A Black Publisher in Imperial Brazil

Nashville, Tennessee 37235

This book is printed on acid-free paper.

Cover images: details from Praça da Constituição; the signature of Captain Martinho Pereira de Brito, Paula Brito's grandfather; portrait of Francisco de Paula Brito by Louis Alexis Boulanger (1842, courtesy of the IHGB); a portrait of Simao the mariner (1853, courtesy of the IHGB); Dous de Dezembro press plan; and Constitution Square shortly after the unveiling of an equestrian statue of Pedro I

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Godoi, Rodrigo Camargo de, author. | Gledhill, Sabrina, translator.

Title: Francisco de Paula Brito : a black publisher in imperial Brazil / Rodrigo Camargo de Godoi, ; translated by H. Sabrina Gledhill.

Other titles: Editor no Império. English

Description: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2020] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: LCSH: Brito, Francisco de Paula, 1809–1861. | Publishers and publishing—Brazil—Rio de Janeiro—Biography. | Publishers and publishing—Brazil—Rio de Janeiro—History—19th century. | Poets, Brazilian—19th century—Biography.

Classification: LCC Z521.3.B75 G6313 2020 (print) | LCC Z521.3.B75 (ebook) | DDC 070.5092 [B]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020019523

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020019524