JOSEPH JAMES FORRESTER, BARÃO DE FORRESTER - 1809-1861 The Oliveira Prize-Essay on Portugal FORRESTER, Joseph James.- The Oliveira Prize-Essay on Portugal: with the evidence regarding that country taken before a committee of the House of Commons in May, 1852; and the author's surveys of the wine-districts of the Alto-Douro, as adopted and published by order of the house of Commons. Together with a statistical comparison of the resources and commerce of Great-Britain and Portugal.- London: John Weale, 1853.- XXX, 290 p., 1 tabela: 1 mapa desdobr.; 22 cm.- E. First edition of the famous Book of Baron of Forrester (1809-1861) who came to receive the prize instituted by Benjamin Oliveira, Portuguese businessman residing in the UK, member of the British Parliament, on the occasion of the Universal London Ehibition of 1851.The idea expressed in the announcement of the prize consisted in promoting the knowledge of agriculture and trade of Portugal, a country that was then practically unknown. Forrester qualified with the present essay, which not only earned him the prize of 50 guineas, but it would still had two editions, the second one in the following year. Illustrated edition with the reproduction of the prize medal (p. IX), and with a large fold-out map (with tape traces) at the end: Map of the Wine District of the Alto-Douro (50x100 cm). The copy, with slight traces of handling, but clean, retains the original blind tooled blue cloth binding with slightly superficial wear, presenting, at the centre of the upper plane, a gold tooled binding stamp with a coat of arms with the motto “Audentior Ibo” and the name of Benjamim Oliveira.