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Lot 22

BRAZIL - RUGENDAS (JOHANN MORITZ)
Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil traduit de l'allemand par Mr. de Colbery], [Paris, Engelmann, 1835]

15 June 2016, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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[RUGENDAS (JOHANN MORITZ) Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil traduit de l'allemand par Mr. de Colbery], 98 (of 186) pages of text and 55 (of 100) lithographed plates, lacking engraved title, half-title, and subscribers list, first few leaves with light marginal waterstains, one plate with patches of browning, contemporary roan-backed boards, rubbed, corners worn, inner hinge split [Borba de Moraes p.754; Colas 2594; Lipperheide 1631; Palau 281204; Sabin 73935], folio (530 x 350mm.), [Paris, Engelmann, 1835]

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"Of the utmost importance for the study of Brazilian life at the beginning of the nineteenth century" (Borba de Moraes), Rugendas' work was published simultaneously in twenty parts with either French or German text. See illustration on preceding page.

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