History of Brazil.

£5,000 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Southey wrote this famous history of “the geat labour of his life” (Borba). Brazil, partly to secure an appointment in the consulate in Portugal. It was began after a similar work on Portugal was stillborn. Using material from the remarkable library assembled by Rev. Herbert Hill, chaplain in Lisbon, Southey was able to write a history that was to remain the standard work for many years. In his own words “ I shall be regarded there as the first person who ever attempted to give a consistent form to its crude, unconnected and neglected history.“ Borba, 823.

• Binding: Hardcover

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