Rubber in Brazil

Rio de Janeiro, Ministry of Agriculture/Superintendency of Rubber, 1913. In-8, 213 x 146 mm, 94 pp. First and only edition of this "booklet to be distributed abroad" (quoted by Gustavo Rossi, "Uma família de cultura", p. 48). Rebound in brown half-leather with a soft spine with gilt, modern-printed author's name and book title on it. Colored endpapers, no original cover, photograph of President Rodrigues Da Fonseca in frontispiece. Many photographic pictures printed on a different, whiter paper facing the text. Folding table p. 23. This book belonged to the library of the Laboratório Nacional de Análises. Two red library stamps, one on the first page and one on the last, the latter featuring another library stamp with a pen note. A concise yet detailed snapshot on the rubber industry in Brazil right before the First World War began. The author of this book is the father of Newton Carneiro (1914-1987), a Brazilian politician who was elected deputy for the state of Curitiba and led sections of the Rotary Club and Alliance Française.

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First photographic page disbound, foxing throughout. Still - all text is legible and the photograph pictures are crisp and clean.