Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied, Prince

Reise nach Brasielien in den Jahren 1815 bis 1817 ... Erster [-Zweiter] Band. Frankfurt-am-Main: Heinrich Ludwig Brönner, 1820-1821



4 volumes, comprising: 2 volumes text 4to (14 x 11 in.; 355 x 280 mm) and 2 volumes atlas, folio (21 1/4 x 16 5/8 in.; 540 x 422 mm). Text: half-titles, list of subscribers, 19 numbered engraved plates, list of plates and errata leaf at end of each volume. Atlas: 22 numbered engraved plates, 5 hand-colored, and 3 maps, 2 folding and partly colored; text volumes spotted and lightly browned, a few small marginal spots in atlas plates. Atlas in original boards, printed spines, silk ties, uncut, text in later half calf over marbled boards; extremities rubbed, atlas covers soiled with a few small stains.

Maria Feodorovna (mother of Czar Alexander I, and widow of Czar Paul, with bookplate of the Czar Paul Palace Library in each volume)

Borba de Moraes (1983), p.544; Palau 158782; Sabin 47018

4 volumes, comprising: 2 volumes text 4to (14 x 11 in.; 355 x 280 mm) and 2 volumes atlas, folio (21 1/4 x 16 5/8 in.; 540 x 422 mm). Text: half-titles, list of subscribers, 19 numbered engraved plates, list of plates and errata leaf at end of each volume. Atlas: 22 numbered engraved plates, 5 hand-colored, and 3 maps, 2 folding and partly colored; text volumes spotted and lightly browned, a few small marginal spots in atlas plates. Atlas in original boards, printed spines, silk ties, uncut, text in later half calf over marbled boards; extremities rubbed, atlas covers soiled with a few small stains.
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First edition, "From a scientific point of view this expedition was one of the most profitable of the nineteenth century. The enormous zoological collections which were assembled are today in the American Museum of Natural History of New York... the account of this journey is a classic work" (Borba de Moraes).