Books at sea: circulation of Fine Letters books between Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro with the Portuguese court in Brazil

Abstract

This article analyses the impact caused by the transfer of Portuguese court to Rio de Janeiro on the circulation of Fine Letters books. From 1808 onwards, the book trade flourished. Brazil started to receive books from several other countries besides Portugal. Moreover it was made possible to print books in Portuguese America, which caused and inversion of the flow of books, for some of them were sent to be sold in Portugal.

Reading; Fine Letters; Novel