(BRAZIL) Bernardo Pereira de Berredo Annaes historicos do es

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Sale 2687 - Lot 265

Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000

(BRAZIL.) Bernardo Pereira de Berredo. Annaes historicos do estado do Maranhaõ. [26], 710 pages. Folio, later ¼ vellum over marbled boards; minor worming; title page in red and black; inked Italian library and deaccession stamps on front free endpaper and title page, with their ex-libris plate on front pastedown and small label on backstrip. Lisbon, 1749

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The first definitive history of Maranhaõ on Brazil's northern coast, at the eastern edge of the Amazon rainforest. "This first edition is rare and much sought after, as it is a classic on Maranhaõ"--Borba de Moraes, page 103. Palau 218678; Sabin 4967. We trace none sold at auction since a Swann sale, 6 March 1997, lot 24.

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