This article examines the practices of the Brazilian historian João Capistrano de Abreu (1853-1927) in his work as a publisher of historical documents. His efforts in establishing the author of a text, outline his biography, contextualize and present the text to the reader, give bibliographical indications about topics approached in the texts, among other things, allow us to foresee not only his specific practice as a publisher, but in general terms, the one from the historian Capistrano de Abreu facing a historical document.
Capistrano de Abreu; Text publishing; Historical documents