Books and Readings in Paraíba in the eighteenth-century

Abstract

Real Mesa Censória controlled books sent to Capitania Real da Paraiba, Brasil, during eighteenth century and beginning of nineteenth century. Their titles ranged from religion, literature, biography, history, philosophy, grammar, laws, almost all of them in Portuguese language.Keywords: Letters in the Colony – Paraíba, Brazil; Book history – Paraíba, Brazil – Colony books and lecture.