SKETCHES OF RESIDENCE AND TRAVELS IN BRAZIL Embracing Historical and Geographical Notices of the Empire and its Several Provinces. TWO VOLUMES.

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369 pp.; 404 pp. First edition, first printing; original, red cloth with Imperial arms on covers; gilt lettering stamped across covers and the spine; blind stamped covers; illustrated. Ex-lib. without the usual stamps; corners worn, spine chipped, torn (re-glued); text with scattered foxing throughout; boards rubbed, bumped; hinges starting; see additional images provided. Inscribed in pencil on the free endpaper vol. I: "To Mrs. Coe with regards of the author", with an accompanying note from the recipient that explains how it came to be inscribed. Quoting Borba 434: "Kidder was a Methodist minister who accepted from the American Bible Society the post of missionary in Brazil. He arrived in Rio in 1837, and immediately began to distribute, according to the principles of the Society he represented, Bibles to all those who wished to accept a copy. He undertook a long journey across the Brazilian provinces distributing the Scriptures, and returned to the U.S. in 1840. ?Among his works he left these Sketches, divided into two volumes, the first covering the country between Rio and S?o Paulo, and the second volume the Northern provinces. The book appeared simultaneously in London and Philadephia. No other edition was published. Kidder's work is very well known and appreciated. It is scarce, especially copies in the original binding (red cloth with the Imperial arms on covers). Size: 8vo. 0.0. N° de ref. del artículo 3463

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