BRAZIL AND THE BRAZILIANS, PORTRAYED IN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES

Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson. 1857. First Edition. Hardcover, no jacket. 630pp + 10pp adverts. Illustrated with b/w and two handcolored plates. Oversized foldout map of Brazil is in very good shape (small tears where it attaches to binding). Decorative stamped boards are moderately worn, with some small missing fabric chips and fabric wear through at the extremities. Tissue guards are present. Light foxing of plates and adjacent pages. Otherwise pretty clean and unmarked, and securely bound. A very nice copy. A comprehensive and profusely illustrated book presenting life in Brazil during the mid 19th century. (cfm)