Narrative of a Visit to Brazil, Chile, Peru, and the Sandwich Islands

by Gilbert Farquhar Mathison

$2,500 · Offered by Thorn Books

First edition

London: Charles Knight, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Item #23612 8vo. xii, 2 ,478pp. Four colored aquatint plates and a folding map of the Sandwich Islands. Magnificent binding by J. R. Mitchell in full crimson morocco. The spine in six compartments, gilt, separated by raised bands, gilt. Gilt rolls and rules on the boards, floral gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. The textblock

• Binding: Leather

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