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1974 Description of Views in South America
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Description
Colour Plates, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Limited Edition, With Slipcase
Complete as one bound volume, with unbound plates, in a presentation box, box in a good condition.
A striking limited edition facsimile, limited to 360 copies, of which this is numbered 71.
Illustrated with a total of twenty-six colour plates, and one map.
Collated, complete.
Limitation information and biographical information in Portuguese, whereas 'Views in South America' volume is in the original English.
An impressive work on South America by William Gore Ouseley, exploring the beauties of Madeira, Tenerife, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Buenos Ayres, and more.
Ouseley was a diplomat who is best known for his 1850 treatise 'Notes on the Slave Trade'.
Lithographs by J. Needham.
Condition
In the original publisher's limp calf binding, with unbound plates as issued, in a quarter morocco box with cloth to the boards. Externally, smart. A few minor marks to the boards, light bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Presentation box is a little rubbed to the leather, with a large crack to the tail of the rear joint, and a small amount of loss to the tail of the spine. Some minor marks to the boards. A small amount of lifting of cloth to the tail of the fore edge. Presentation box is in a good condition.
Near Fine
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