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Notes sur le Japon, la Chine et l'Inde. 1885-1859-1860.Paris, E. Dentu & Ch. Reinwald, 1861. 8vo. With 2 full-page maps (of Japan and Korea and of Northern China), a large hand coloured folding view of "Yeddo" or Edo (now Tokyo), a hand coloured folding city plan, 8 hand coloured full page plates of flora and fauna, 2 hand coloured folding views of the Japanese country side, and 3 hand coloured plates (including 1 folding) showing caricatures. Contemporary half purpleish-brown sheepskin, gold-tooled spine with the title lettered in gold, marbled endpapers, gilt top edge, blue reading ribbon.
Notes sur le Japon, la Chine et l'Inde. 1885-1859-1860.Paris, E. Dentu & Ch. Reinwald, 1861. 8vo. With 2 full-page maps (of Japan and Korea and of Northern China), a large hand coloured folding view of "Yeddo" or Edo (now Tokyo), a hand coloured folding city plan, 8 hand coloured full page plates of flora and fauna, 2 hand coloured folding views of the Japanese country side, and 3 hand coloured plates (including 1 folding) showing caricatures. Contemporary half purpleish-brown sheepskin, gold-tooled spine with the title lettered in gold, marbled endpapers, gilt top edge, blue reading ribbon.
CHASSIRON, Charles de. · 1858
€4,950.00 ($5,455.80 | £4,129.62 | ¥871,221)
XI, [1 blank], 356, [1], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank] pp.Very rare complete copy of an account of the diplomatic mission of Baron Gros to Japan in 1858 by the diplomat Charles de Chassiron. The Notes are almost a literal transcription of the journal Chassiron kept during the tri...
Lettera annua di Giappone scritta nel 1601. e mandata dal P. Francesco Pasio V. Provinciale. al M.R.P. Claudio Acquaviva Generale della Compagnia di Giesù.Rome, Luigi Zannetti, 1603. 8vo. With a woodcut Jesuit device on the title-page. Contemporary(?) sheepskin parchment wrappers, later (ca. 1900?) endpapers and paper reinforcing on the spine.
Lettera annua di Giappone scritta nel 1601. e mandata dal P. Francesco Pasio V. Provinciale. al M.R.P. Claudio Acquaviva Generale della Compagnia di Giesù.Rome, Luigi Zannetti, 1603. 8vo. With a woodcut Jesuit device on the title-page. Contemporary(?) sheepskin parchment wrappers, later (ca. 1900?) endpapers and paper reinforcing on the spine.
PASIO, Francesco. · 1601
€9,500.00 ($10,470.73 | £7,925.53 | ¥1,672,040)
77, [1 blank] pp.First edition, in the original Italian, of the annual report and letter on the events that had taken place in Japan during the year 1601, especially regarding the Jesuit mission there. Father Francesco Pasio (1551-1612) in Nagasaki sent the letter to Claudio A...
Brabbelingh. By hem selven oversien, en meer als de helft vermeerdert.Amsterdam, Willem Jansz. (Blaeu), 1614. 16mo. Woodcut emblem on title-page, 2 engraved emblems with jesters titled "Elck heeft de zijn" and ''Quaeso''. Contemporary vellum.
Brabbelingh. By hem selven oversien, en meer als de helft vermeerdert.Amsterdam, Willem Jansz. (Blaeu), 1614. 16mo. Woodcut emblem on title-page, 2 engraved emblems with jesters titled "Elck heeft de zijn" and ''Quaeso''. Contemporary vellum.
VISSCHER, Roemer. · 1547
€3,950.00 ($4,353.62 | £3,295.35 | ¥695,217)
220, (2) pp.First Blaeu edition of Roemer Visscher's (1547-1620) youth verses, titled Brabbelingh ('Gibberish', or 'Baby-talk'). It is a curious collection of verses, divided into 7 'Schocks' of 'Quicken' (epigrams: pp. 9-101); 2 Schocks of 'Rommelsoo' (rubbish, litter: p. 102...
Zinne-poppen; alle verciert met rijmen, en sommighe met proze: door zijn dochter Anna Roemers.Amsterdam, Johannes van Ravesteyn, 1669. 12mo. With engraved emblematic title page, an emblem on the back of A5, and 193 engraved emblems by Claes Jansz. Visscher, in text. With 2 engraved emblems pasted on first blanks (including a repeat of the emblem on A5). Contemporary vellum, green ties.
Zinne-poppen; alle verciert met rijmen, en sommighe met proze: door zijn dochter Anna Roemers.Amsterdam, Johannes van Ravesteyn, 1669. 12mo. With engraved emblematic title page, an emblem on the back of A5, and 193 engraved emblems by Claes Jansz. Visscher, in text. With 2 engraved emblems pasted on first blanks (including a repeat of the emblem on A5). Contemporary vellum, green ties.
VISSCHER, Roemer. · 1547
€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)
[10], 196, [4] leaves.Third edition of a popular and witty Dutch emblem book written by Roemer Visscher (1547-1620). The work consists of three series of 60 emblems, each with a motto in Latin or Dutch, a two-line verse below, and a short explanation on the facing page. The em...
Redevoering over het belang van het teekenen naar het naaktmodel. Bij gelegenheid van het uitdeelen der prijzen, uitgesproken in de akademiezaal van Pictura. Op den 31sten van Louwmaand 1816.The Hague, Johannes Allart, 1816. 8vo. With a full-page engraved allegorical frontispiece, and an engraved plate with the seals of the academy. Contemporary red sprinkled paper wrappers, kept in brown kraft paper wrappers.
Redevoering over het belang van het teekenen naar het naaktmodel. Bij gelegenheid van het uitdeelen der prijzen, uitgesproken in de akademiezaal van Pictura. Op den 31sten van Louwmaand 1816.The Hague, Johannes Allart, 1816. 8vo. With a full-page engraved allegorical frontispiece, and an engraved plate with the seals of the academy. Contemporary red sprinkled paper wrappers, kept in brown kraft paper wrappers.
KASTEELE, Reinier Pieter van de. · 1816
€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)
[18], [2], 33, [1 blank], [2] pp.Rare lecture on the importance of drawing from nude models for the education of the artist, issued by the drawing academy in The Hague, the "Vrije Haagsche Teeken-Akademie" on the occasion of the January 1816 awards ceremony. The work starts wi...
Lyst van kunstwerken, door beoefenaars en verzamelaars bijeengebragt, om verloot te worden te behoeve van het Vaderland; tentoongesteld te Amsterdam, in het Nationale Geregtshof.Amsterdam, Christiaan Andersen Spin, 1831. 8vo. With a lithographed frontispiece. Slightly later neoclassical gold- and richly blind-tooled long-grained red morocco, gilt edges.
Lyst van kunstwerken, door beoefenaars en verzamelaars bijeengebragt, om verloot te worden te behoeve van het Vaderland; tentoongesteld te Amsterdam, in het Nationale Geregtshof.Amsterdam, Christiaan Andersen Spin, 1831. 8vo. With a lithographed frontispiece. Slightly later neoclassical gold- and richly blind-tooled long-grained red morocco, gilt edges.
[BELGIAN REVOLUTION; ART EXHIBITION]. · 1985
€1,950.00 ($2,149.25 | £1,626.82 | ¥343,208)
[2], 76, 8 pp.Very rare and remarkable catalogue of artworks exhibited in Amsterdam to raise funds for the Dutch army. It lists 1985 artworks, not only paintings but all kinds of crafts: miniatures, drawings, engravings, lithographs, glass painting etc. All works were to be so...
Catalogue des tableaux & desseins précieux des maîtres célebres des trois écoles, figures marbres, de bronze & de terre cuite, estampes en feuilles & autres objets du cabinet de feu M. Randon de Boisset, receveur géneral des finances. … On a joint à ce catalogue celui des vases, colonnes de marbres, porcelaines, des laques, des meubles de boule & d'autres effets précieux, par C.F. Julliot. La vente se fera le jeudi 27 février 1777 ... Vêndome.Paris, London, Amsterdam, Brussels, 1777. 2 parts in 1 volume. 12mo. Contemporary red morocco, richly gold-tooled spine and turn-ins, gold fillets on boards and board edges, gilt edges.
Catalogue des tableaux & desseins précieux des maîtres célebres des trois écoles, figures marbres, de bronze & de terre cuite, estampes en feuilles & autres objets du cabinet de feu M. Randon de Boisset, receveur géneral des finances. … On a joint à ce catalogue celui des vases, colonnes de marbres, porcelaines, des laques, des meubles de boule & d'autres effets précieux, par C.F. Julliot. La vente se fera le jeudi 27 février 1777 ... Vêndome.Paris, London, Amsterdam, Brussels, 1777. 2 parts in 1 volume. 12mo. Contemporary red morocco, richly gold-tooled spine and turn-ins, gold fillets on boards and board edges, gilt edges.
[RANDON DE BOISSET, Pierre Louis Paul]. · 1708
€1,750.00 ($1,928.82 | £1,459.97 | ¥308,007)
XII, 149, 158 pp.First and only edition of the auction catalogue of one of the most celebrated collections of the 18th century, the art collection of Pierre Louis Paul Randon de Boisset (1708-1776), a high financial official of the French government. The collection contained p...
Catalogue de tableaux, peintures a gouache, bas-reliefs de marbres & de bronze, une très belle pendule qui joue differens airs de flûte, des porcelaines & autres objets qui composent le cabinet de M. De Merval.Paris, Didot the Elder, 1768. 8vo. Contemporary wrappers.
Catalogue de tableaux, peintures a gouache, bas-reliefs de marbres & de bronze, une très belle pendule qui joue differens airs de flûte, des porcelaines & autres objets qui composent le cabinet de M. De Merval.Paris, Didot the Elder, 1768. 8vo. Contemporary wrappers.
REMY, Pierre. · 1768
€460.00 ($507.00 | £383.76 | ¥80,962)
58 pp.Auction catalogue with the art collection from De Merval, auctioned 9 May 1768 containing paintings, watercolours, reliefs and porcelain.Good copy, partly uncut.l Duplessis 596.
L'art d'ecrire.Paris, chez l'auteur, 1680. Folio. With engraved calligraphic title-page and 18 (of 23) engraved leaves with calligraphic writing samples and illustrations, all engraved by Louis Senault. Disbound, sewn on top.
L'art d'ecrire.Paris, chez l'auteur, 1680. Folio. With engraved calligraphic title-page and 18 (of 23) engraved leaves with calligraphic writing samples and illustrations, all engraved by Louis Senault. Disbound, sewn on top.
ALLAIS, Jean Baptiste.
€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)
8 pp. plus 19 (of 24) engr. ll.First edition of a very elaborate basic writing course and copy book, minutely explaining the composition of the various calligraphic hands (fran?oises, b?tardes, financieres), as well as pen decorations and drawings. The engraved title-page read...
Considérations sur l'histoire naturelle des poissons, sur la pêche et les lois qui la régissent.Toulouse, J.M. Douladoure, 1821. 8vo. Contemporary half vellum.
Considérations sur l'histoire naturelle des poissons, sur la pêche et les lois qui la régissent.Toulouse, J.M. Douladoure, 1821. 8vo. Contemporary half vellum.
DRALET, Eugène François. · 1757
€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)
116 pp.Rare first edition of an ichthyological work by Eugène François Dralet (1757-1844), conservator of forest and water in the 12th arrondissement in France. It describes several common species of fresh- and saltwater fish (carp, trout, salmon, bream, etc.), various fishing...
Alphabetum Tangutanum sive Tibetanum.Rome, Propaganda Fide, 1773. 8vo. With a folding table, printer's device on title-page and an elaborate woodcut tailpiece after the preliminaries. Modern vellum, green title label.
Alphabetum Tangutanum sive Tibetanum.Rome, Propaganda Fide, 1773. 8vo. With a folding table, printer's device on title-page and an elaborate woodcut tailpiece after the preliminaries. Modern vellum, green title label.
[BELIGATTI, Giovanni (Cassiono Da MACERATA)]. · 1708
€1,750.00 ($1,928.82 | £1,459.97 | ¥308,007)
XVI, 138, [2] pp.First and only edition of the abridged and improved version of the Propaganda Fide's Tibetan Alphabetum, a handy and simple guide to the basics of Tibetan grammar. The best known products of the Propaganda Press, apart from its missals, grammars, and dictionar...
Di consolatione philosophica volgare, nuovamente revisto & di molti errori porgato opera al tutto dignissima eccellente & bella.(Colophon:) Venice, Melchior Sessa, December 1531. 8vo. With the title and leaf 1 printed within a border made up of typographical ornament, and 6 decorated woodcut initials, of which one historiated. 17th-century gold tooled green morocco.
Di consolatione philosophica volgare, nuovamente revisto & di molti errori porgato opera al tutto dignissima eccellente & bella.(Colophon:) Venice, Melchior Sessa, December 1531. 8vo. With the title and leaf 1 printed within a border made up of typographical ornament, and 6 decorated woodcut initials, of which one historiated. 17th-century gold tooled green morocco.
BOETHIUS, Anicius Manlius. · 1520
€3,750.00 ($4,133.18 | £3,128.50 | ¥660,016)
[8], 104 ll.First Italian translation of Boethius' (ca.480-ca.524), most important work, bound for a member of the House of Caetani (or Gaetani), an Italian noble family. Written in the form of a dialogue between the author and the female personification of philosophy, the wor...
Récit, ou brefve description de ce qui s' est passé durant le très-fameux Siège de Bois-le-Duc. ...Leeuwarden, Claude Fontaine, 1630. Folio. With a woodcut printer's device on the title-page, 2 large folding engraved maps, showing the city of 's Hertogenbosch, its fortifications, and the besieging army under Prince Hendrik of Orange, and 7 folding engraved plans of the "approches" of the besieging army at various quarters. Contemporary vellum.
Récit, ou brefve description de ce qui s' est passé durant le très-fameux Siège de Bois-le-Duc. ...Leeuwarden, Claude Fontaine, 1630. Folio. With a woodcut printer's device on the title-page, 2 large folding engraved maps, showing the city of 's Hertogenbosch, its fortifications, and the besieging army under Prince Hendrik of Orange, and 7 folding engraved plans of the "approches" of the besieging army at various quarters. Contemporary vellum.
PREMPART, Jacques. · 1629
€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)
[2], 26, [4] pp.Very rare account of the famous siege of 's Hertogenbosch in North-Brabant in the summer of 1629, illustrated with large maps and plans. The city was in the hands of the Spanish, but the Dutch, commanded by Prince Frederik Henry of Orange, were able to capture ...
Het eiland Balie en de Balienezen.Amsterdam, G.J.A. Beijerinck, 1848. 8vo. With lithographed title-page and a folding lithographed map of the island Bali. Contemporary dark green half cloth.
Het eiland Balie en de Balienezen.Amsterdam, G.J.A. Beijerinck, 1848. 8vo. With lithographed title-page and a folding lithographed map of the island Bali. Contemporary dark green half cloth.
LAUTS, Ulrich Gerard. · 1787
€3,500.00 ($3,857.64 | £2,919.93 | ¥616,015)
[2], VIII, 285, [1 blank] pp.First and only edition of a description of the Indonesian island Bali and its people by Ulrich Gerard Lauts (1787-1865), a professor at the Royal Maritime Institute at Medemblik in the Netherlands. Without ever having set foot in the Dutch East Ind...
Discorso all'orecchio di monsieur Louis Goudar.London [=Venice], 1776. 8vo. With the engraved portrait of Louis Goudar on the title-page. 19th-century blank wrappers.
Discorso all'orecchio di monsieur Louis Goudar.London [=Venice], 1776. 8vo. With the engraved portrait of Louis Goudar on the title-page. 19th-century blank wrappers.
[CASANOVA, Giacomo and Antonio PIAZZA]. · 1725
€4,500.00 ($4,959.82 | £3,754.20 | ¥792,019)
55, [1 blank] pp.First and only edition of this rare polemical pamphlet, written in defence of Giacomo Casanova's (1725-1798) Italian translation of Homer's Iliad against the vehement criticism of Louis Goudar.The work was published in response to the attacks levelled by the c...
Almanach, d'erven stichters comptoir op 't jaar onses Heeren Jesu Christi, 1771. Voorzien met alle de jaar-, paarden-, beesten- en leermarkten, als mede de vacantien, het varen der trekschuyten en beurtschepen, het ryden der posten, &c. Nevens de maans op en ondergang.Amsterdam, the heirs of the widow of Cornelis Stichter, [1770]. With: [ALMANAC]. Schutters wagt-almanach, anno 1771, aanwijsende wat compagnien, en op wat nagt zy te zamen waken moeten, om de vijftiende nagt. Nevens een ordre wat posten yder heeft te besetten. Onder de E. E. Heeren Colonellen Jacob Elias. Arent Hartjes. Theodorus Wynants. Hendr. Balth. van Aalst. en S. J. B. Barchm. Wuytiers.Amsterdam, the heirs of the widow of Cornelis Stichters, [1770]. 2 works in 1 volume. 4to. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page of ad 1, a large coat of arms of Amsterdam on the title-page of ad 2, and 12 half-page woodcuts, one for each month, printed in red and black in ad 1. Contemporary elaborately silver-tooled vellum, with the coat of arms of Amsterdam in the centre of the front board, and an impression of three drummers on the back, both signed "Duisburg F[ecit]", both boards with a baroque ornamental border, with the coats of arms of each of the seven Dutch provinces at the top (with that of Holland prominently in the middle), the coats of arms of the 20 largest Dutch cities on the sides (Dordrecht, Delft, Amsterdam, Haarlem, Rotterdam, Leiden, Gouda, Hoorn, Alkmaar and Enkhuizen on the left side; Middelburg, Vlissingen, Amersfoort, Arnhem, Nijmegen, Groningen, Leeuwarden, Franeker, Zwolle and Deventer on the right side), and at the bottom an image that probably shows the transfer of goods near a city.
Almanach, d'erven stichters comptoir op 't jaar onses Heeren Jesu Christi, 1771. Voorzien met alle de jaar-, paarden-, beesten- en leermarkten, als mede de vacantien, het varen der trekschuyten en beurtschepen, het ryden der posten, &c. Nevens de maans op en ondergang.Amsterdam, the heirs of the widow of Cornelis Stichter, [1770]. With: [ALMANAC]. Schutters wagt-almanach, anno 1771, aanwijsende wat compagnien, en op wat nagt zy te zamen waken moeten, om de vijftiende nagt. Nevens een ordre wat posten yder heeft te besetten. Onder de E. E. Heeren Colonellen Jacob Elias. Arent Hartjes. Theodorus Wynants. Hendr. Balth. van Aalst. en S. J. B. Barchm. Wuytiers.Amsterdam, the heirs of the widow of Cornelis Stichters, [1770]. 2 works in 1 volume. 4to. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page of ad 1, a large coat of arms of Amsterdam on the title-page of ad 2, and 12 half-page woodcuts, one for each month, printed in red and black in ad 1. Contemporary elaborately silver-tooled vellum, with the coat of arms of Amsterdam in the centre of the front board, and an impression of three drummers on the back, both signed "Duisburg F[ecit]", both boards with a baroque ornamental border, with the coats of arms of each of the seven Dutch provinces at the top (with that of Holland prominently in the middle), the coats of arms of the 20 largest Dutch cities on the sides (Dordrecht, Delft, Amsterdam, Haarlem, Rotterdam, Leiden, Gouda, Hoorn, Alkmaar and Enkhuizen on the left side; Middelburg, Vlissingen, Amersfoort, Arnhem, Nijmegen, Groningen, Leeuwarden, Franeker, Zwolle and Deventer on the right side), and at the bottom an image that probably shows the transfer of goods near a city.
DAM, Dirk Jansz. van. · 1771
€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)
[32]; [5], [1 blank] pp.Ad 1: The very popular almanac for the year 1771 published by the heirs of Cornelis Stichter at Amsterdam, in a richly silver-tooled vellum binding, depicting the themes of the work itself with lively baroque ornaments. The "comptoir" or "office" almana...
Het nieuw vermeerdert natuerlyk toover-boek of speel-tooneel der konsten. Bevattende omtrent 2000 natuerlyke toover-konsten en poetsen, zoo uyt de guychel tas als kaert-spel en tereling ... dienstig tot heerlyk vermaek.Antwerpen, Petrus Josephus Rymers, 1781. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece by the artist-engraver [Jacob] Harrewijn and many full-page woodcut illustrations in text, of which 8 are full-page.Contemporary half calf, title in gold on spine.
Het nieuw vermeerdert natuerlyk toover-boek of speel-tooneel der konsten. Bevattende omtrent 2000 natuerlyke toover-konsten en poetsen, zoo uyt de guychel tas als kaert-spel en tereling ... dienstig tot heerlyk vermaek.Antwerpen, Petrus Josephus Rymers, 1781. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece by the artist-engraver [Jacob] Harrewijn and many full-page woodcut illustrations in text, of which 8 are full-page.Contemporary half calf, title in gold on spine.
WITGEEST, Simon. · 2000
€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)
[10] 558, [2] pp.Easily the most popular Dutch conjuring and recreation book of the 18th century. On long winter evenings families and parties amused themselves with the help of the book, trying the various tricks and games. It contains about 2000 conjuring tricks, card games,...
Soprascritte di lettere in forma cancelleresca, corsiva, appartenenti ad ogni grado di persona; date in luce in tal carattero per commune utilità degli studiosi della buona forma dello scrivere, ... Con l'aggiunta di questa seconda stampa, come à piè della tavola si dice.Florence, for the author, [1583]. Oblong 4to (20.5 x 25.5 cm). With the title in an elaborate 4-piece woodcut border. 19th-century blue half calf.
Soprascritte di lettere in forma cancelleresca, corsiva, appartenenti ad ogni grado di persona; date in luce in tal carattero per commune utilità degli studiosi della buona forma dello scrivere, ... Con l'aggiunta di questa seconda stampa, come à piè della tavola si dice.Florence, for the author, [1583]. Oblong 4to (20.5 x 25.5 cm). With the title in an elaborate 4-piece woodcut border. 19th-century blue half calf.
GAGLIARDELLI, Salvadore. · 1560
€12,500.00 ($13,777.28 | £10,428.32 | ¥2,200,053)
[48], [144] pp.Very rare enlarged second edition of a writing master’s copybook by the Italian writing master Salvadore Gagliardelli, giving 8 full-page and 269 half-page writing examples: openings of letters to several important political, military, ecclesiastical and legal p...
Herinneringen uit Japan.Haarlem, De erven François Bohn, 1833. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine with a black morocco title label, marbled papers boards (VAN ROSSUM).
Herinneringen uit Japan.Haarlem, De erven François Bohn, 1833. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine with a black morocco title label, marbled papers boards (VAN ROSSUM).
DOEFF, Hendrik. · 1777
€5,000.00 ($5,510.91 | £4,171.33 | ¥880,021)
VIII, 268 pp.Interesting account and very important source about the Japanese customs, traditions and religious aspects written by Hendrik Doeff (1777-1835), who was the "opperhoofd" or head of the Dutch trading post on Deshima during the turbulent years 1799-1817. While Holla...
Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil ... Traduit de l'Allemand par Mr. de Golbery. Paris, Engelmann & Cie., 1835. 4 parts in 1 volume. Imperial folio (54 x 36 cm). With a lithographed half-title and title page showing a wide variety of decorative lettering, 100 full-page lithographed plates by V. Adam, Villeneuve, Bonnington, A. Joly and others after Rugendas, numbered in 4 parts (30, 20, 30, 20). Contemporary half red sheepskin, gold-tooled spine.
Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil ... Traduit de l'Allemand par Mr. de Golbery. Paris, Engelmann & Cie., 1835. 4 parts in 1 volume. Imperial folio (54 x 36 cm). With a lithographed half-title and title page showing a wide variety of decorative lettering, 100 full-page lithographed plates by V. Adam, Villeneuve, Bonnington, A. Joly and others after Rugendas, numbered in 4 parts (30, 20, 30, 20). Contemporary half red sheepskin, gold-tooled spine.
RUGENDAS, Johann Moritz. · 1802
€28,000.00 ($30,861.10 | £23,359.45 | ¥4,928,118)
[2], 48; 34; 51; 32 pp.Beautifully and extensively illustrated work on the scenery, native inhabitants, colonial activity and slavery in Brazil, by the German-born painter Johann Moritz Rugendas (1802-1858). "Of the utmost importance for the study of Brazilian life at the begi...