[FIRST INVASION OF PORTUGAL] - Colleçao dos decretos Lisbon, Portugal. Impressao Imperial e real. 1807-1808. 146 pieces in 1 volume in-4, plum half-sheepskin plum, smooth spine decorated, vellum corners. Exceptional and extremely rare collection of official documents covering the entire period of the first French invasion of Portugal. invasion of Portugal. Some are from ecclesiastical figures, but most are signed or issued by Jean-Andoche Junot, future Duc d'Abrantès, then Governor of Paris, had been chosen by Napoleon to command an expeditionary force to invade Portugal. - The initial proclamation of November 17, 1807. - The proclamation of November 30, 1807. bilingual text. - The appointment of former consul Francisco Antonio Herman as general commissioner to the Regency and Finance Administrator. - The list of persons requisitioned for an extraordinary contribution. - The imperial decree issued in Milan on December 23, 1807 on the extraordinary war contribution of contribution of 100 million francs requested from Portugal. Ex-libris Prospero Balbo.