Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History
Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History
PROPERTY OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE SANDYS TRUST, LOTS 109-122
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November 12, 04:34 PM GMT
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800 - 1,200 GBP
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PROPERTY OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE SANDYS TRUST, LOTS 109-122
MAXIMILIAN ZU WIED-NEUWIED, PRINCE
Voyage au Bresil, dans les annees 1815, 1816 et 1817. Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1822
Large folio (502 x 355mm.), atlas volume only, list of plates, 22 numbered engraved plates (5 hand-coloured), 9 further un-numbered plates, 3 maps (2 hand-coloured in outline, one folding), contemporary half calf, marbled boards, occasional spotting, very slightly rubbed
Prince Maximilian was accompanied by the naturalists George Freyreiss and Friedrich Sellow. From Rio they travelled to Cabo Frio, along the coast of Ilheus, thence up the Jequitinhonha to Minas Geraes, finally reaching Bahia.
LITERATURE:
Sabin 47023; Borba de Moraes (1983), p.545