1909 · Boston:
by AGASSIZ, Jean Louis Rodolphe (1807-1873); Elizabeth Cabot AGASSIZ (nee CARY) (1822-1907).
Boston:: Houghton Mifflin, 1909., 1909. 8vo. [2], xix, [3], 540 pp. Frontis., plate, maps, figs. Original navy gilt-stamped cloth, top edge gilt; library markings, rear pocket, rubbed. Ownership label of Richard A. Weiss; bookplate of Albany, NY, Traveling Library. Good. Dedicated to Nathaniel Thayer. In 1865 Louis Agassiz, already a famed naturalist and explorer, traveled to Brazil both to research fish and in hopes of recovering his health. He was accompanied by a number of assistants, as well as his wife. This volume describes in detail their experiences in the country, focusing principally on the experiences with Brazilian societies, and including (truncated)