DEBRET, Jean-Baptiste.- Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil ou séjour d'un artiste français au Brésil depuis 1816 jusqu'en 1831 inclusivement.- Edição comemorativa do IV Centenário da Cidade de São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro.- Rio de Janeiro: Comemorações do IV Centenário, 1965.- 3 vols.: il.; 55 cm.- B. Jean-Baptiste Debret (1768-1848), French painter and draftsman, lived in Brazil between 1816 and 1831, where he was a painting teacher, eventually becoming director of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts. Back in Europe, between 1834 and 1839, he published in Paris his monumental «Voyage pittoresque...», illustrated with 153 hand-coloured engravings. This is the facsimile edition, printed in Tokyo, limited to 1003 copies (this one with number 978), based on the original edition, of what many consider the most beautiful book on Brazil. The first volume includes, in addition to a portrait of the author and a map of South America, 36 prints reproducing the lithographs, which mainly represent indigenous customs. The second volume features 49 reproductions (some doubles), a map and a plan of Rio de Janeiro. The third includes 54 prints and a facsimile of a letter from the Emperor. The prints of the last two volumes represent, predominantly, urban scenes. Very clean brochure copy, keeping its original cases intact, with bone clasps.