Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied | Voyage au Bresil, dans les annees 1815, 1816 et 1817, 1822

PROPERTY OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE SANDYS TRUST, LOTS 109-122

MAXIMILIAN ZU WIED-NEUWIED, PRINCE

Voyage au Bresil, dans les annees 1815, 1816 et 1817. Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1822

Large folio (502 x 355mm.), atlas volume only, list of plates, 22 numbered engraved plates (5 hand-coloured), 9 further un-numbered plates, 3 maps (2 hand-coloured in outline, one folding), contemporary half calf, marbled boards, occasional spotting, very slightly rubbed

Prince Maximilian was accompanied by the naturalists George Freyreiss and Friedrich Sellow. From Rio they travelled to Cabo Frio, along the coast of Ilheus, thence up the Jequitinhonha to Minas Geraes, finally reaching Bahia.

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Sabin 47023; Borba de Moraes (1983), p.545