Lot 202: DEBRET (JEAN BAPTISTE)

Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil, ou sejour d'un artiste Francais au Brésil depuis 1816 jusqu'en 1831 inclusivement, 3 vol., first edition , half-titles in volumes 2 and 3 only, lithographed portrait of author, 153 hand-coloured lithographed plates on 140 sheets by Thierry frères or Ch. Mottes after Debret or Vicomtesse de Portes, facsimile letter, one lithographed map of Brazil, 2 lithographed plans of Rio after Charles Walter, some spotting, occasional dampstaining (mostly in margins), one plate with short tear not affecting image, "Institut Historique" ownership stamp on margin of title in volume one and one leaf in volume 2, modern black leather [Borba de Moraes, p.252; Sabin 19122], folio, Paris, Firmin Didot, 1835