"Although this major exhibition catalog was not designed as a reference book, it serves that purpose well. Its introduction provides a summary of the development of printing in each Brazilian state and gives brief information about many presses. The main body of the catalog reproduces the title pages of many printed works from the earliest produced in Brazil (1747) to the early twentieth century, with emphasis on the nineteeth century. Representative works of printers from various states comprise a large part of this section. Notes accompanying the reproductions identify the authors of the works, giving brief biographical information. Index of names of authors and printing presses." (Ann Hartness, Brazil in Reference Books 1965-1989. Scarecrow Press, 1991)