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KOSTER, Henry.- Travels in Brazil.- Second edition.- London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1817.- 2 vols.: 10 grav.; 21 cm.- E. Second English edition of the popular book by Koster (ca. 1793-1820), a British subject, born in Lisbon, having lived in Brazil, for health reasons, from 1809, where he was “sugar mill lord”. The collation of the two volumes is as follows: I - X, [2], 406 p.: [6] engrav., 2 unfolding maps.; II - IV, 330 p.: [2] engrav. Complete copy, containing the plan of the port of Pernambuco, the map of the captaincy and the eight non-coloured aquatints, representing, mainly, traditional customs, a mill and aspects of the author's voyage. Copy slightly cropped and with very slight browning, but generally clean. Heraldic bookmark of William Scott Kerr of Chatto (Scotland). Half leather contemporary bindings with slightly worn spines and weak joints (upper folder of the first volume almost loose). Sabin, 38272. Borba de Moraes, p. 437.

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