A history of Brazil, comprizing its geography, commerce, colonization, aboriginal inhabitants, &c.

4to: xxiii-522 pp.; 30 pl. (1st endlf loose, tear in map without loss, spotted).

Contemp. calf, spine with 5 bands, blind-tooled covers (rubbed).

Very rare 1st ed. of Henderson's adaptation of Aires do Casal's "Corografia". Complete with 2 maps (1 folded and coloured in outline) and 28 coloured lithographs by C. Shoesmith after Henderson's own drawings on the spot, this work offers an excellent visual document on the country. Also present is pl. 23, which was not included in the later edition for non-subscribers.
Ref. Borba de Moraes, pp. 334-35. - Abbey, Travel, 706. - Sabin 31314.
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