VIAGEM PITORESCA E HISTORICA AO BRASIL by JEAN BAPTISTE DEBRET - 1989

Editora Da Universide De Sao Paulo, 1978. paperback. good+ condition with some wear - the first few pages and partly loose

Melhoramentos, 1971. Softcover. Good. in x in x in. Unread. Magazine article laid in: 'Memorias De Um Sargento de Milicias.' Binding is fine. Bump to bottom spine edge and 1/2"" tear on front cover bottom front edge. Text in Portuguese

Paris: R. De Castro Maya,, 1954-55. Artworks of Brazilian life not included in his official account First and sole edition, limited issue, number 82 of 400 copies. The finely produced plates are after drawings and watercolours by the French artist Jean-Baptiste Debret: his oeuvre documents Brazil in the early decades of the 19th century. While relatively well represented institutionally, Debret's work is commercially scarce. Debret (1768-1848) studied at the French Academy of Fine Arts under the great Jacques-Louis David, travelling to Brazil in 1816 as a member of a French Artistic Mission commissioned by João VI of Portugal. He created an arts lyceum in Rio de Janeiro, the Escola Real de Artes e Ofícios, which later became the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes during the reign of emperor Dom Pedro I. During his 16-year stay, Debret became an attentive observer of the tropical forest and indigenous peoples. The illustrations include public festivals, customs, animals, fruits, settlements, the… Read More

Paris: R. De Castro Maya,, 1954-55. With a compelling association First and sole edition, limited issue of 400 copies, this copy out of series but, as stated on the limitation leaf, specially printed for Maurice Callanquin, the technical director of the Fonderie Caslon. The Bodoni typeface used for this work was cast by the Fonderie Caslon. While relatively well represented institutionally, Debret's work is commercially scarce. The sumptuous plates are after drawings and watercolours by the French artist Jean-Baptiste Debret (1768-1848). He studied at the French Academy of Fine Arts under the great Jacques-Louis David, travelling to Brazil in 1816 as a member of a French Artistic Mission commissioned by João VI of Portugal. He created an arts lyceum in Rio de Janeiro, the Escola Real de Artes e Ofícios, which later became the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes during the reign of emperor Dom Pedro I. During his 16-year stay, Debret became an attentive observer of the tropical forest and indigenous… Read More