Lot n° 15
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BIARD François, Two years in Brazil. Illustrated with 180 vi - Lot 15
BIARD François, Two years in Brazil. Illustrated with 180 vignettes drawn by Edouard Riou from sketches by M. Biard.
Paris, L. Hachette et Cie, 1862. Fort in-8, chocolate half-chagrin with corners, spine ribbed with gilt title, gilt fillets on covers, gilt edges. Numerous engravings in and out of text. Complete with 2 maps in fine (Coast of Brazil between Bahia and Rio de Janeiro and folding map of the Lower Amazon). Spine lightened, some minor spotting. Minor foxing to a few leaves. Extensive account of a trip by painter François Biard to Brazil, with botanical and ethnographic descriptions.
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