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Burton, Richard Francis
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description
- The Captivity of Hans Stade of Hesse in A.D. 1547 - 1555 Among the Wild Tribes of Eastern Brazil. London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1874
- Paper, ink, leather
8vo. Later three-quarter green morocco over green cloth, spine with raised bands in six compartments, gilt titles and text in second and third, others ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers; spine faded, original spine panel pasted to endpaper.
Literature
Penzer 90-91
Catalogue Note
FIRST EDITION. Hans Stade was a German soldier and explorer, who voyaged to South America in the the sixteenth century. While there he was captured by the Tupinambá people of Brazil, but managed to survive and return to Europe. Burton had discovered the text while on an extensive visit to Brazil, and wrote the introduction to the book and added extensive footnotes.