(BRAZIL) Gama José Bernardo Fernandes Memorias Historicas da

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(BRAZIL.) Gama, José Bernardo Fernandes. Memorias Historicas da Provincia de Pernambuco. 2 folding maps (one defective with some loss), 2 folding plates, portrait frontispiece. 4 volumes in 2. 8vo, contemporary marbled calf, joints starting; some corners brittle. Pernambuco, 1844-1848

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first edition. Quite scarce history of the Brazilian province, by a retired lieutenant. "As he was too poor to have this work printed, the provincial assembly of Pernambuco authorized him, in 1843, to establish a quarterly lottery . . . the proceeds of which were to be invested in its publication"--Appleton's Cyclopedia, II:586. WorldCat lists 4 copies in the U.S., with another in Brazil. Sabin 26489; Swann NYHS sale, 5 October 1978, lot 188.