Sep 27, 2018 - Sale 2486

Sale 2486 - Lot 420

Price Realized: $ 594
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(BRAZIL.) Mawe, John. Travels in the Interior of Brazil, Particularly in the Gold and Diamond Districts. Map, 7 (of 8) plates, one in color. vii, 366, [2] pages. 4to, 1/2 calf, moderate wear, rebacked with original spine title laid down; scattered foxing, lacks plate facing page 221, some others misbound, all plates with early English private library stamps on rectos, hinges split, leaf A4 misbound after A2, moderate toning and wear. London, 1812

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first edition. The frontispiece plate shows slave laborers washing diamonds; the view of Jaraguá bound facing page 137 is the first published view of the interior of São Paolo. Borba de Moraes page II:541; Sinkankas 4270. Provenance: Henry Polissak Library of Books on Gems & Jewelry; his Swann sale, 27 May 2004, lot 203, to the consignor.