Journal of a Residence in Chile, during the Year 1822.

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And a Voyage from Chile to Brazil in 1823.
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GRAHAM, Maria.

Journal of a Residence in Chile, during the Year 1822.

Journal of a Residence in Chile, during the Year 1822.

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And a Voyage from Chile to Brazil in 1823.

Stock Code 114084

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, and John Murray, 1824

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A lively account of Chile only a few years after achieving independence, by a talented woman writer in the form of journal. Maria Graham (1785-1842) was a prolific writer whose talents extended to science and art, with all but two of the plates which illustrate this work being her own drawings, with the others made by Finden.

First edition; 4to (29.5 x 23.5 cm); 14 hand-coloured aquatint plates after the author, 10 hand-coloured woodcut vignettes in text, armorial bookplate to front pastedown, light occasional spotting, last couple pages a little soiled; contemporary full marbled calf boards smartly rebacked, boards gilt rolled, gilt spine in six compartments with gilt morocco lettering piece, turn-ins gilt rolled, edges untrimmed, a little wear to boards, otherwise a very good copy; v, [3], 512pp.

Abbey (Travel), 714; Prideaux 230, 255, 338; Sabin 28234.
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