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Sao Paulo, Livraria Martins Editora, Livraria Martins Editora, 1954. 2 vols. Original paperbacks. (12),296,(2) pp.; frontisp. portrait, b&w plates & (2),302,(2) pp., frontisp. portrait and plates; 25.5x18.5 cm. " Biblioteca Historica Brasileira IV " (spines bit folded, covers worn at edges, paper bit browned) Although still good set, see picture

NEW ~ Jean Baptiste Debret's masterful images and descriptions of the nature, people, customs, and society of early-ninteenth century Brazil. Includes some 200 watercolors and drawings from the 1834/1839 edition. Traducao e notas de Sergio Milliet; Apresentacao de Lygia da Fonseca F. da Cunha. Complete 3-vol set. (Colecao reconquista do Brasil. 3 serie especial; vols. 10, 11, 12). Tomo primeiro 104 pp.; Tomo segundo 200 pp.; Tomo terceiro 272 pp. Three-volume set weighs 10 lbs. Will incur additional international shipping charges. Cartonne box dented in shipping from Brazil, but volumes are in excellent condition. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

Paris: R. De Castro Maya,, 1954-55. Artworks of Brazilian life not included in his official account First and sole edition, limited issue, number 82 of 400 copies. The finely produced plates are after drawings and watercolours by the French artist Jean-Baptiste Debret: his oeuvre documents Brazil in the early decades of the 19th century. While relatively well represented institutionally, Debret's work is commercially scarce. Debret (1768-1848) studied at the French Academy of Fine Arts under the great Jacques-Louis David, travelling to Brazil in 1816 as a member of a French Artistic Mission commissioned by João VI of Portugal. He created an arts lyceum in Rio de Janeiro, the Escola Real de Artes e Ofícios, which later became the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes during the reign of emperor Dom Pedro I. During his 16-year stay, Debret became an attentive observer of the tropical forest and indigenous peoples. The illustrations include public festivals, customs, animals, fruits, settlements, the… Read More

Paris: R. De Castro Maya,, 1954-55. With a compelling association First and sole edition, limited issue of 400 copies, this copy out of series but, as stated on the limitation leaf, specially printed for Maurice Callanquin, the technical director of the Fonderie Caslon. The Bodoni typeface used for this work was cast by the Fonderie Caslon. While relatively well represented institutionally, Debret's work is commercially scarce. The sumptuous plates are after drawings and watercolours by the French artist Jean-Baptiste Debret (1768-1848). He studied at the French Academy of Fine Arts under the great Jacques-Louis David, travelling to Brazil in 1816 as a member of a French Artistic Mission commissioned by João VI of Portugal. He created an arts lyceum in Rio de Janeiro, the Escola Real de Artes e Ofícios, which later became the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes during the reign of emperor Dom Pedro I. During his 16-year stay, Debret became an attentive observer of the tropical forest and indigenous… Read More