BIGG-WITHER, THOMAS P. | Pioneering in South Brazil. Three Years of Forest and Prairie Life in the Province of Parana. London: John Murray, 1878

Property from the Sporting and Travel Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson
BIGG-WITHER, THOMAS P.
Pioneering in South Brazil. Three Years of Forest and Prairie Life in the Province of Parana. London: John Murray, 1878

2 volumes, 8vo. Frontispieces, half-titles, folding map, 7 plates, publisher's adverts at the end of vol. 2. Original brown cloth, pictorially stamped on upper covers in gilt, covers ruled in black, black endpapers. Marbled slipcase.

First edition, the Brooke-Hitching copy. "The book... is of great interest and full of excellent observations about the colonial region and the sertão of Paraná. It is certainly one of the best travel books about that part of Brazil" (Borba de Moraes).

REFERENCE:
Borba de Moraes p.106

PROVENANCE:
Comte de Chambord, Henry V of France, Duke of Bordeaux (library label to verso of front free endpaper) — Franklin Brooke-Hitching (his sale at Sotheby's London, 27 March 2014, lot 127)

Condition Report:
Condition as described in catalogue entry.