It is difficult to gauge the full extent of the works of Manuel de Faria e Sousa. Erudite intellectual in Madrid under Philip III and Philip IV, author in both Portuguese and Spanish, enthusiastic participant in various literary polemics, historical controversies, and scientific debates, these are but some of the principal activities that characterize this proud and prolific writer. To begin making sense of this vast amount of material, the “Poligrafaria” project proposes to document and analyze the political, literary, and courtly strategies of self-promotion used by this early modern polygraph.