Descripción

2 volumes. First edition, first issue. Black and white frontispieces and vignette title-pages in each volume, folding map of Brazil. 8vo, very handsomely bound in full period dark blue-green calf, spines with raised bands, beautifully decorated gilt-tooled compartments, two compartments with dark maroon morocco lettering labels, gilt, covers of Volume 1 with gilt central armorial devices of royal origin, Volume II with devices removed and replaced with period inserts, edges of the covers with double gilt fillet border lines surrounding blind rolled inner borders, marbled endleaves. xii, 443; viii, 478 pp. A handsome set with some expected mellowing or aging to the bindings and initial leaves, typical use wear to the extremities, lower portion of the map lost (can be replaced with facsimile), tight and solid copies, withal a very good and pleasing copy of this rare book.