Antique Prints of Rio de Janeiro

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Prints are in good condition unless otherwise noted.

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Rio - Rua Direita

Bilder Fran Varma Zona, 1: Rua Direita 1 Rio Janeiro.

Wood engraving after a photograph, 1869. From a Swedish source.
Backside is printed. Narrow margins.

11.5 x 16.7 cm ( 4.5 x 6.5 ")

$ 70.00

Order Nr. BRAZILRIOSAM2537

Rio de Janeiro

Constitution Square, and Statue of Dom Pedro I, Rio Janeiro

Wood engraving ca 1880. Spot on upper image. Backside is printed.

8.5 x 22 cm ( 3.3 x 8.6 ")

$55.00

Order Nr. BRAZILRIOSAM2506

Rio-De-Janeiro. - La Statue de Dom Pedro I. (IV de Portugal), Fondateur de4 L Empire du Bresil, Sur La Place De La Constitution.

Wood engraving from "Le Monde Illustre" ca 1880. Reverse side is printed.

19.8 x 20 cm ( 7.8 x 7.9 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. BRAZILRIO2558

Brazil - Rio de Janeiro

Einfahrt in den Hafen von Rio Janeiro und Kloster St. Theresa

Copper etching von J. Blaschke. Ca. 1820.

Print has overall light toning and some light spotting near margin edges.

8.7 x 14.5 cm ( 3.4 x 5.7 ")

$ 90.00

Order Nr. BRAZILRIO2322

Rio de Janeiro

Die Rua d'Alfandega in Rio de Janeiro.

Wood engraving for "Orbis Pictus" simplar to above print, but a later edition. Printed in 1893.
Backside is printed. Narrow upper margin.

9.3 x 14.7 cm ( 3.6 x 5.7 ")

$ 60.00

Order Nr. BRAZILRIOSAM2546

Die Rua d'Alfandega (mit dem Zollhaus) in Rio de Janeiro

Wood engraving from Spamer. 1874. Modern hand coloring. Verso: Text in German.
Print like below without coloring. Upper, left and lower margins are narrow.

10.6 x 17.7 cm ( 4.1 x 6.9 ")

$ 65.00

Order Nr. BRAZILRIOSAM2547

Monestary San Jose in Rio de Janeiro

Kloster San Jose in Rio de Janeiro

Copper etching, 1836. Upper and left margins have been widened.

8.7 x 10.8 cm ( 3.4 x 4.2 ")

$ 65.00

Order Nr. BRAZILRIOSAM2516

“L'Impereur de Brasil quitte la reade de Rio-de-Janeiro a bord du Santa Maria pour se mettre a la tete qui combattent contre le Paraguay".

Wood engraving. Ca. 1880. Recent hand coloring.

General age toning.

7.3 x 22 cm (2.9 x 8.7").

$ 70.00

Order Nr. BRAZILRIO2557

"Plan von Rio de Janeiro"

Steel engraving by R. Gross, published by W. Pobuda, ca 1850.

Clean print with three tiny binding holes on upper margin edge.

12 x 17.8 cm ( 4.7 x 7 ")

$ 145.00

Order Nr. BRAZILRIO2551 SOLD

Brazil - Rio de Janeiro

Vue de la ville et de la rade de Rio-Janeiro, prise de Saint-Dominique.

Wood engravingy by H. Linton after E. Grandsire from "Le Monde Ilustrée), 1858.
Modern hand coloring. Backside is printed. Lower margin is narrow. Light spotting in margins.

22 x 31.7 cm ( 8.6 x 12.4 ")

$ 140.00

Order Nr. BRAZILRIOSAM2388

Kloster Santa Teresa in Rio Janeiro

Wood engraving from a German travel report, 1862. Modern hand coloring.
Backside is printed.

12.8 x 16.3 cm ( 5 x 6.4 ")

$ 70.00

Order Nr. BRAZILRIO2501

Rio -Hospital founded by Dom Pedro

Hospital Founded by Dom Pedro, on the Bay of Rio de Janeiro

Wood engraving ca 1880. Backside is printed.

13 x 11 cm ( 5.1 x 4.3 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. BRAZILRIOSAM2511

“Prospetto della Fortezza di Rio Grande". Frontal view and plan of this early Brazilian fort in Rio Grande do Norte. Copper etching by Huberto Vincent after drawing by Andreas Antonius Horatius. From: “Istoria delle Guerre del Regno del Brasile" by Giovanni Giuseppe di Santa Teresa (1658 - 1735). Rome, 1689. Early geographical account of Brazil. Extremely rare!

Two angels unfold plan, while two more angels prsent coat of arms and regal crown.

General age toning. Two vertical and one horizontal fiolds to fit booksize.. Left narrow margin widened.

35.2 x 50 cm (13.9 x 19.7")

$ 1500.00

Order Nr. SOUTHAMERICA2122

Rio de Janeiro

Upper image: General View of the Harbor from the City of Rio.
Lower image: Entrance to the Harbor of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Photogravure ca 1890 from "Once A Week". Backside is printed.
Light fraying on margin edges. A few small creases in lower image.

Each image: 9.7 x 32.5 cm ( 3.8 x 12.8 ")
Page size: 26.5 x 36.5 cm ( 10.4 x 14.3 ")

$ 70.00

Order Nr. BRAZILRIOSAM2555

Rio de Janeiro

Von der Revolution in Brasilien: Die Bai von Rio de Jasneiro während der Beschiessung

Wood engraving after a drawing by A. v. Rössler, ca 1880.
Backside is printed. Overall light age toning.

9.5 x 18.5 cm ( 3.7 x 7.3 ")

$ 50.00

Order Nr. BRAZILRIOSAM2512

Bay of Rio de Janeiro

Die Einfahrt in die Bai von Rio de Janeiro

Wood engraving after a painting by Hans Bohrdt, ca 1880.
Overall age toning. Backside is printed. Repaired tear on left margin edge.

17.3 x 23.7 cm ( 6.8 x 9.1 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. BRAZILRIOSAM2507

Brazil - Rio de Janeiro

Rio Janeiro

Steel engraving from the Kunstanstalt in Hildburghausen. Ca. 1850.

10.1 x 15.2 cm ( 3.9 x 6 ")

$ 50.00

Order Nr. BRAZILRIO2324

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Wood engraving from "Orbis Pictus" by Otto Spamer, 1874.
Backside is printed. Upper and lower margins are narrow.

10.5 x 17.3 cm (4.1 x 6.7 ")

$ 60.00

Order Nr. BRAZILRIOSAM2525

 

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