Vistas e Costumes Da Cidade e Arredores do Rio de Janeiro em 1819-1820: Segundo Desenhos Feitos Pelo Tte. Chamberlain/Views and Costumes of the City and Neighborhood of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, from Drawings Taken by Lieutenant Chamberlain, Royal Artillery

Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo: Livraria Kosmos Editora, 1943. Three-Quarter Leather. Collectible; Very Good. The 1943 2nd edition, based on the original 1822 tribute to the views and costumes of the city and neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro. #624 of 1,315 copies issued. Bound in a 3/4 dark-green morocco over marbled green boards. Light wear at the hinges, the raised bands and the spine ends. Light foxing as well to the text (not affecting the exquisite plates) and light offsetting at many of the page edges. 36 beautiful tipped-in, full-color plates (drawn by "Lieutenant Chamberlain, Royal Artillery, During the Years 1819 and 1820, with Descriptive Explanations"). Also includes the facsimile of the title page (and part of the text) of the original English edition. Lovely early 19th century tribute to the exotic charms of Rio, here reproduced for the first time.