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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

517,94 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1863
Luogo di stampa
London. Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green
Autore
Hinchliff, Thomas Woodbine
Edizione
First edition.
Soggetto
Travel - South America
Lingue
Inglese
Prima edizione

Descrizione

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.