Groundbreaking work on Brazilian ports

Lisboa, Alfredo (ed.). Portos do Brasil 1822-1922. Texto e atlas.

€ 2,500.00

First edition of this comprehensive documentation about 18 Brazilian ports, published on the occasion of the centenary of Brazilian independence by the state ministry of public transport and construction (Ministerio da Viação e Obras Publicas. Inspectoria Federal de Portos, Rios e Canaes) and edited by the technical director of its naval department, the civil engineer Alfredo Lisboa. This unique publication includes detailed historical descriptions, statistical accounts and small-scaled maps of the ports of Amarração, Aracajú, Bahia, Belém do Pará, Ceará, Corumbá, Jaraguá, Manáos, Natal, Parahyba, Paranaguá, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, S. Luiz do Maranhão, Santa Catharina, Santos and Victoria as well as their surroundings. Includes: The same (ed.), Portos do Brasil. 2a edição. Revista e muito ampliada. Atlas. With 38 plates, of which 32 are folded. Rio de Janeiro, 1927. Oblong 2to. [1 leaf, title page r], [1 leaf, toc r], 38 plates. Original publisher's grey paper with new black cloth spine as well as black and red title vignette. Includes additional maps of Laguna, Fortaleza, Guanabara, Itajahy, Porto Alegre, S. Franciso do Sul, and other places.

Ex-library copies removed from the Vienna University of Economics with their stamps and notes on the title-page as well as on title-page of 2nd edition. Paper slightly duststained, some foxing, some pages very slighly dog-eared and worn at corners, otherwise good copies of thes rare items. We could trace only copies of the 1st edition in libraries (Syracuse, Library of Vienna University of Economics).