Author: CHAMBERLAIN, HENRY. [Sousa Leao, Joaquim de].
Title: Views and Costumes of the City and Neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from drawings taken by Lieutenant Chamberlain [...] During the Years 1819 and 1820, with descriptive explanations.
Description: London, Howlett and Brimmer, for Thomas McLean, 1822. [Reprint Rio de Janeiro, Livraria Kosmos Editora, 1974]. [50] pages text. 5 col. fold. double-page plts & 31 col. single-page plts. Orig. quarter red leather binding with leather conerpieces, marbles covers, spine raised in compartments & gilt tooled. In orig. marbled slipcase. Sm. folio.Rare facsimile of the first edition published by Thomas McLean, London, 1822, printed in a limited edition of 350 numbered copies (nr. 173). A very nice facsimile in a fine decorative binding of one of the rarest books published on Brazil in the 19th century. This work contains landscapes, architectural and sociological scenes and harbour views. Originally issued in parts. -- Complete with a loose text booklet with biographical notes on Chamberlain by Joaquim de Sousa Leão (5 pages, b./w. portrait, paper wrappers).

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