Mar 18, 2010 - Sale 2207

Sale 2207 - Lot 376

Price Realized: $ 600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(BRAZIL.) Henderson, James. A History of the Brazil. Folding map outlined in color, 28 lithographic plates. 4to, later 1/2 calf, moderate wear, library sticker on front cover; intermittent foxing; early bookplates on front pastedown, heavy inked library stamps on title page, verso of plates, and elsewhere. London, 1821

Additional Details

first edition, second issue without the subscriber list or the "Brazilian Sesta" plate. An expansion of Casal's Corografia, enhanced with early lithographs from Henderson's own drawings. Abbey Travel 706; Borba de Moraes pages 397-8; Sabin 31314.