including a draft address to the National Assembly on the question of slavery in Saint-Domingue
the flap bears a matching gilt medallion
in which he declares slavery and the slave trade necessary to imperial economies
Coloured borders around the text
“Ménon” does not seem to be a pseudonym because it also appears on his certificate of good health that is attached to the front pastedown
Semedo, Polyanthea medicinal, 1727. Natural History including a draft address toIntroducing drugs from around the world Joo Curvo Semedo (1635 1719). Polyanthea medicinal. Noticias galenicas, e chymicas, repartidas em tres tratados [] Quarta vez impressa []. Lisboa Occidental, Na Officina de Antonio Pedrozo Galram, 1727. Folio in 6s. [60], 312, 317 879, [1 blank], 32, [4], 11, [1 blank], [1], [1 blank] pp. = complete with the advertisement leaf at the end and the 3 plates: an engraved frontispiece showing the Portuguese Royal