CHAMBERLAIN, R.A.

Vistas e Costumes da Cidade e arredores do Rio de Janeiro em 1819-1820 segundo desenhos feitos pelo Tte.Chamberlain, da artilharia Real, com descricoes.

Rio de Janeiro, Kosmos, 1943. In-4° oblong shape (320 x 470 mm.), 201 pp., 1 f.; half leather. Copyfrom the special edition of 321 copies over Westerpost's paper, that goes with a coloured lithograph and 36 reproductions of the original engravings of the first edition of 1822 and 6 unpublished facsimils of Chamberlain's paintings and documents about his work.Translation and preface of Rubens Borba de Moraes, supplemental English text. Very nice copy of this appreciated edition of one of the most beautiful and rare work about Brasil, published in the XIXth. Century. Borba de Moraes, 178.

• USD 300.00 > other currencies
• ordernr.: 489

• bookseller: Libreria anticuaria L' Amateur (ARGENTINA)