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Hinchliff, Thomas Woodbine

South American Sketches; or a Visit to Rio Janeiro, The Organ Mountains, La Plata, and the Parana

1863

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Year of publication
1863
Place of printing
London. Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green
Author
Hinchliff, Thomas Woodbine
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Travel - South America
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [20 x 13 cm]; xviii, [i, errata leaf], 414 pp, folding colored map, 5 plates including frontis, four of which are colored lithographs. contemporary half morocco, gilt spine title lettering, marbled endpapers, top edge gilted, edges a little rubbed, faint blind stamp to title, occasional marginal ink stamps, overall clean and very good with good impressions of the attractive plates. A pic The author was a founder and president of the Alpine Club. Moreas I, 340: 'The author, a British tourist, first visited Rio on the way to Buenos Aires. He returned to Rio later, making excursions into the Sierra dos Orgaos, Petropolis, Therezopolis, and travelling to Juiz de Fora'. Sabin 31925: 'Highly commended by the Saturday Review'. Naylor 106. Welch 249. Spain and Spanish America 331. Only two copies were traced at auction in the last 30 years.