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Offered is a hardback coffee table book, "Fazendas: The Great Houses and Plantations of Brazil", published in 1995. It examines …
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Offered is a hardback coffee table book, "Fazendas: The Great Houses and Plantations of Brazil", published in 1995. It examines the history, architecture and development of Brazil's grand coffee and sugar plantations (fazendas) and their main estate mansions (casas grandes).
The focus is on the structures built between the 18th and 19th centuries, highlighting the blended style of Portuguese and Brazilian cultural traditions, the relaxed, elegant decor, and the history of the families that owned them.
Hardcover, dust jacket, camel colored cloth boards.
ISBN: 1558598766
ISBN-13: 9781558598768
Publisher: Abbeville Press
Published: 1995
Gregory Rabassa (Translator)
Nicolas Sapieha (Photographer)
12.75" tall, 10.25" wide, 1" deep, 200pp 3.95lbs
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- Dimensions
- 10.25ʺW × 1ʺD × 12.75ʺH
- Styled After
- Assouline
- Harry N. Abrams
- TASCHEN
- Period
- 1990s
- Country of Origin
- Italy
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Cardboard
- Cotton
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Green
- Condition Notes
- This book is in overall good condition and came from an estate sale where the previous owners took care of … moreThis book is in overall good condition and came from an estate sale where the previous owners took care of their extensive book collection. There are no creases, or markings, or inscriptions, or loose pages. The dust jacket has very minor bumping near the binding. Any wear is commensurate with its past handling less
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