A Year in Brazil with Notes on the Abolition of Slavery, the Finances of the Empire, Religion, Meteorology, Natural History, etc
by DENT, Hastings Charles;
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1886, First edition. . original orange pictorial cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, spine a little worn, good cover, internal hinge repaired, minor foxing on some pages, interior is clean, unmarked. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xvii, [i, list of illus], 444, 34 [publisher's catalog] pp, 10 plates, frontis with tissue guard, 2 folding maps including one quite large (tear at margin), index, includes the half title page. . The author travelled extensively in Brazil over a one year period, providing good descriptions of life, society, nature, etc. He collected 1132 plants, animals and insects. Humphreys 1421. Welch 37. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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- Bookseller
- Horizon Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J13664
- Title
- A Year in Brazil with Notes on the Abolition of Slavery, the Finances of the Empire, Religion, Meteorology, Natural History, etc
- Author
- DENT, Hastings Charles;
- Format/Binding
- Original orange pictorial cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, spine a little worn, good cover, internal hinge repair
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1886, First edition.
- Size
- 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xvii, [i, list
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel - South America;
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