Luiz emygdio (5 risultati)

Condizione: Good. original hardcover, dust jacket, (full-page) illustrations in colour and b/w, text in both Portuguese and English.

141 (1) p. Hardcover with dustjacket (In good condition.).

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. 446 pp. 3 vols. Paper-covered boards. 368 watercolors and drawings of the flora, fauna and native inhabitants of Brazil. English and Portuguese. Books are fine except for an inscription on half-title page of Vol 1. Dust jackets are fine except for slight waviness to rear covers probably due to being in slipcase. Slipcase has only the slightest shelf wear. An exceptionally bright, clean and colorful set documenting an extraordinary expedition at the moment the country was embarking on independence. Grigorii Langsdorff was a physician, botanist, zoologist, anthropologist, philologist, navigator and his expedition, supported by Tsar Alexander I, covered 16,000 kilometers throughout Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, the Midwest and the Amazon. The exquisite watercolors and drawings make up the most beautiful portrait ever made of Brazil in the 19th century in the light of arts and science presenting priceless material for scientific research of the Brazilian flora and fauna and standing on their own as masterpieces (Forward and Introduction). Size: Large 4to. Florence, Hercules, Rugendas, Johann Moritz, Taunay, A ime-Adrien (illustratore). Book.…

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Poor. 152 p. Includes: illustrations, maps, bibliography. Paula Pape (photographer) (illustratore).