Author: [1914]
Title: The Beautiful Rio de Janeiro
Description: London, William Heinemann, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated work on Rio de Janeiro. Scarce. Undated but this is the first and only edition. Profusley illustrated with 58 colour plates and three folding maps. A charming work detailing the infrastructure, governement, arhcitecture and industry of Rio De Janeiro. Alured Gray Bell lived in Rio de Janeiro for two years ahead of the publication of this work. In a cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and marks to the boards. Discolouration to the boards. Ink signature to front free-endpaper. Rear hinge slightly strained after endpaper. Internally, binding strained in places. Pages bright with occasional scattered spotting heavier to the first and last few pages. Small tape repair to folding map at the rear of the volume. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Brazil Rio De Janeiro Travel Rio De Janeiro None


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