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[CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION]. The Empire of Brazil at the Universal Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia. Rio de Janeiro: Imperial Instituto Artistico, 1876.
8vo. (Occasional pale spotting, lacks folding maps). Contemporary half green morocco, marbled sides, raised bands, gilt–lettered in second compartment, all edges marbled (extremes rubbed, old call number label affixed to third compartment); original wrappers bound at end. Provenance: Simon Cameron (1799–1889), bookplate and signature on wrapper. Cameron represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate and served as the U.S. Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln at the beginning of the American Civil War; Young Men’s Christian Association of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTED TO SIMON CAMERON BY THE EMPEROR OF BRAZIL (Pedro II) with inscription on the title–page. BOUND WITH AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (dated 13 July 1876) to Cameron at the request of the Minister of Brazil, A.P. de Carvalho Borges (probably written by his secretary), presenting this book as a gift as per the instructions of the Emperor.