Descrizione

8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; [ii], vi, 384, [ii, ads] pp, engraved frontis portrait of Don Pedro II, 3 folding maps (a large one in photocopy), including a map of the Falklands, numerous illustrations and plates, portraits, views, etc. original blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine title lettering, spine and joints worn and chipped, light foxing on frontis and title, interior is clean and quite good in good cover. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Sabin 29486 calls for only two maps. Borba de Moraes 389. Humphreys 1273. Naylor 104: 'Hadfield was many years resident in Brazil'. A detailed account based on the author's travels of Brazil, Pernambuco, Algoas, Seregipe, Bahia, Rio Janeiro, the Amazon, Monte Video, Buenos Ayres, the Parana, Paraguay, etc, with good illustrations by Sir W. Gore Ouseley, Sir Charles Hotham. There is a pencilled note on endpaper from Oliver Sheldon that book was passed down from his great grandfather.