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Mr. Philip D. Burden
P.O. Box 863,
Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks HP6 9HD,
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 (0) 1494 76 33 13
Email: enquiries@caburden.com
The most important seventeenth century work of Brazil. Most of the plates are signed by the artist Frans Post after his famous series of paintings. Post accompanied Maurits van Nassau-Siegen to Pernambuco. The first four regional maps are the first state of the celebrated Marcgraf map of Brazil. Borba de Moraes ‘Bibliographia Brasiliana vol. 1 pp. 65-6; ‘The Map Collector’ 40 pp. 17-20.
BARLEUS, Gaspar
Rerum Per Octennium in Brasilia
Amsterdam, 1647
Folio, full contemporary vellum, gilt panelled. Letterpress title, engraved frontispiece with title, 3 leaves un-numbered with dedication, 1 leaf un-numbered with index and portrait of Nassau on the verso, 340 pages, 4 leaves un-numbered with index, 56 engravings (25 maps). Some browning throughout as usual, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 7653
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