ALGUÉM QUER IMPRIMIR ROMANCES? CONSIDERAÇÕES SOBRE OS PEDIDOS DE PUBLICAÇÃO FEITOS À IMPRESSÃO RÉGIA DE LISBOA

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ABSTRACT: In the beginning of nineteenth century, several editors printed novels in Lisbon, by an order from a bookseller, an author, a translator or anybody interested in publish them. Between 1777 and 1822, the Impressão Régia de Lisboa also printed about 80 novels. In this paper, we try to understand the processes of printing and commercialising these novels, edited by an official publishing house, in Portugal and in Brazil, since some of these novels were imported and announced by booksellers that lived in Rio de Janeiro.