Gift inscription to Pieter Wolvaardt who was then with the South African Department of Foreign Affairs and stationed in the South African Consulate in Brazil. Limited edition signed by Author of which this is Copy No.185 of 1000 only. The print-run of this edition was 3000 copies total, 2000 of which were in paperback and 1000 only in hardback. Portuguese text. "Of the travelers who in the last century produced valuable visual documentation about Brazil, one of the least known is undoubtedly William John Burchell. This English wanderer, a singular combination of knowledgeable and artist, who moved with equal ease in the fields of science and the arts, botanist by training, painter and draftsman by irresistible vocation, after spending five years on the island of St. Helena and four in South Africa, arrives in Rio de Janeiro in July 1825, attracted by the exuberance of Brazilian flora. The city and its surroundings provide him with the first themes for his drawings in our country - precise drawings, meticulous in capturing the ambiance, in the reproduction of the architecture, rigorous in the visualization of the constructive elements, in the perspectives and in the proportions. fruit of this initial contact is the series of eight prints that form the majestic 360 degree panorama of Rio de Janeiro, taken from the top of the castle hill, an extraordinary set that has no parallel in the baggage of other artists who before and after him have dedicated themselves to portraying the carioca landscape". (Tr. DeepL).
Hardback edition. Brown cloth spine over cream boards. 172pp illustrated oblong 4to.
Top edge spotted else a n excellent copy in lesser dustwrapper (rubbed, worn along top edges and corners, but no tears or loss). no slipcase.
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