Americas.- South America.- Mawe (John) Travels in the Interior of Brazil; with...Account of the Gold and Diamond Districts, second edition, half-title, engraved map and 8 hand-coloured plates on 5 sheets, most aquatint (1 hand-coloured), tissue guards, advertisement leaf at end, light foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed, spine worn and slightly defective at head, [Sabin 46992; cf. Abbey, Travel 709, 1825 edition], 8vo, 1821. ⁂ Scarcer than the first edition of 1812, now in 8vo format but with the plates hand-coloured; contains some of the earliest descriptions of the gold, diamond and topaz mines of Brazil.
Americas.- South America.- Mawe (John) Travels in the Interior of Brazil; with...Account of the Gold and Diamond Districts, second edition, half-title, engraved map and 8 hand-coloured plates on 5 sheets, most aquatint (1 hand-coloured), tissue guards, advertisement leaf at end, light foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed, spine worn and slightly defective at head, [Sabin 46992; cf. Abbey, Travel 709, 1825 edition], 8vo, 1821. ⁂ Scarcer than the first edition of 1812, now in 8vo format but with the plates hand-coloured; contains some of the earliest descriptions of the gold, diamond and topaz mines of Brazil.
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