GRAHAM (Maria). Journal of a Voyage to Brazil, and Residence - Lot 84

GRAHAM (Maria). Journal of a Voyage to Brazil, and Residence there, during part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823. London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, & J. Murray, 1824. In-4°, squared calf, double framed with gilt fillets, spandrels, ornate ribbed spine (Bound by B. Frye). FIRST EDITION. One title vignette and eleven color plates, engraved by Edward FINDEN after Augustus EARLE & Maria GRAHAM. One of these illustrations - "Dona Maria de Jesus" - depicts the Brazilian heroine Maria Quitéria, famous for dressing as a man in order to fight in the Brazilian War of Independence in 1823. Very skilful restoration on the spine: stains on the boards: epidermis on the spine. "Highly praised [the plates] by Sir James Mackintosh", (Sabin, 28235) : Abbey, Travel, 708: Borba de Moraes, 374.