Bresil. Colombie et Guyanes.
Paris. Firmin Didot Freres, Editeurs. 1839. Hardcover. 8vo. 21cm, 384,32 pp., printed in double column, 2 engraved folding maps, 110 engraved plates, contemporary quarter tan calf, gilt titles and decorations on the spine, marbled boards, institutional library stamps, spine rubbed, hinges weak, text sound, very good as is (gar). ~ This is Volume 4 in the series of five volumes "Amerique", of "L'Univers. Histoire et Description de Tous les Peuples". Very detailed studies of Brazil, Colombia and Guyana. With an impressive collection of graphic plates illustrating the indigenous peoples and their suppression by the Europeans, and the colonies of the Spanish and Portuguese. Artists include Vanderburch, Fleury, Debret, Lalaisse, Arnault, Vernier and Danvin. The detailed maps of Brazil and Colombia/ Guyana are by Th. Duvotenay. Item #38252
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