Sep 17, 2009 - Sale 2186

Sale 2186 - Lot 262

Unsold
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(BRAZIL.) Taunay, Alfredo d'Escragnolle. La Retraite de Laguna. 8vo, original wrappers, moderate wear; minor foxing. Rio de Janeiro, 1871

Additional Details

Second and expanded edition. Taunay, an officer in the Brazilian army, recounts an incident in the war against Paraguay. "Taunay's description of the retreat of a small Brazilian unit through hostile territory is a military classic"--Bandeira, Brief History of Brazilian Literature, 87.