Walsh (Robert). Notices of Brazil in 1828 and 1829, 2 volumes, London: Frederick Westley and A. H. Davis, 1830, 2 folding lithograph maps, 19 lithograph and wood-engraved plates, leaf of music, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, recent maroon half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, slight fading to spines, 8vo, together with Kidder (Daniel Parish). Brazil and the Brazilians, portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches, 1st edition, Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1857, portrait frontispiece, folding map (small adhesive tape repairs to verso), 2 hand-coloured plates, single-page map, wood-engravings, advertisements at rear, contemporary ownership inscription, Rio de Janeiro, 1863 at front, bookseller ticket of R. J. L. Harper, Rio de Janeiro, original blindstamped cloth gilt, spine ends rubbed with tiny splits, 8vo (Quantity: 3) First work Borba de Moraes p. 933; Sabin 101153. 'Walsh was not only a very cultured man, but had travelled widely in other 'underdeveloped' countries and was familiar with cultures other than his own. Thus he attempted to explain the manners and customs of the Brazilians rather than criticize them, and tried to understand them as well as to make the reader appreciate Brazilian culture and the institutions of the young Empire. This approach and his eagerness to learn and observe everything make this book extremely interesting and one of the best about that period.' (Borba de Moraes).
Walsh (Robert). Notices of Brazil in 1828 and 1829, 2 volumes, London: Frederick Westley and A. H. Davis, 1830, 2 folding lithograph maps, 19 lithograph and wood-engraved plates, leaf of music, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, recent maroon half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, slight fading to spines, 8vo, together with Kidder (Daniel Parish). Brazil and the Brazilians, portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches, 1st edition, Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1857, portrait frontispiece, folding map (small adhesive tape repairs to verso), 2 hand-coloured plates, single-page map, wood-engravings, advertisements at rear, contemporary ownership inscription, Rio de Janeiro, 1863 at front, bookseller ticket of R. J. L. Harper, Rio de Janeiro, original blindstamped cloth gilt, spine ends rubbed with tiny splits, 8vo (Quantity: 3) First work Borba de Moraes p. 933; Sabin 101153. 'Walsh was not only a very cultured man, but had travelled widely in other 'underdeveloped' countries and was familiar with cultures other than his own. Thus he attempted to explain the manners and customs of the Brazilians rather than criticize them, and tried to understand them as well as to make the reader appreciate Brazilian culture and the institutions of the young Empire. This approach and his eagerness to learn and observe everything make this book extremely interesting and one of the best about that period.' (Borba de Moraes).
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