Travels in Brazil. 2 Vols.

Expertly rebacked contemporary leather binding with new black leather spine labels; spine lettering gilt. xii + 406; iv + 380 pp. 8 fine aquatint plates and two folding maps. Appendix. Bookplate on front pastedowns; small corner tear to one folding map and rear free endpaper ; prelims & rear matter foxed, but interior otherwise clean except for occasional offsetting from plates; one of the maps is foxed, but all plates are bright & clean. Koster’s narrative is a classic considered to be one of the most accurate and useful on the subject of northern Brazil. The Appendix is on plants of Brazil and their uses; the book discusses native peoples, planters, animals, agriculture, society, festivals and slavery. A nice, tight copy.