(BRAZIL) Alencar José Martiniano de Iracema lenda do Ceará

Sale 2344 - Lot 290

Price Realized: $ 15,000

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(BRAZIL.) Alencar, José Martiniano de. Iracema, lenda do Ceará. [6], vi, [2], 202 pages. 18mo, publisher's printed wrappers, slight loss to imprint line, tastefully restored; minor dampstaining and foxing, restoration to lower corner of a few leaves not affecting text; unopened. Rio de Janeiro: Vianna & Filhos, 1865

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first edition of an important historical novel set in early 17th-century Brazil, which has inspired art, film, and even a postage stamp. The central character's name is an anagram of "America." Though the work was frequently reissued and widely translated, no copies of the first edition are known to have appeared at auction; only 8 in OCLC. Historia da Tipografia no Brasil, page 107; not in Borba de Moraes, though the 1886 English translation by Isabel Burton is listed.