Ilha Graciosa (Açores). Descripção historica e topographica.

Angra do Heroísmo, Imprensa da Junta Geral, 1883 (on title page; on front wrapper: 1884).. First Edition. 4°, twentieth-century (second quarter?) half sheep over decorated boards (minor wear), smooth spine gilt in romantic fashion, crimson leather lettering piece, gilt letter, decorated endleaves, original green printed wrappers bound in (repairs to upper outer corner of rear wrapper). Occasional light browning. Seven leaves with skillful repairs to upper inner margins, never affecting the text. Overall in good condition. 297 pp., (2 ll.), 1 folding map of Graciosa. *** FIRST EDITION. The Instituto Açoriano de Cultura published a second in 1981. The work includes chapters on the discovery of the island and its history to 1640; the people, customs, flora and fauna; geology; P. Antonio Vieira, Chateaubriand, P. Jeronymo d'Andrade and the liberal movement; public education including Almeida Garrett; Caldeira da Praia; trade and industry; the coast, mountains, press, philharmonic societies, and the Monte d'Ajuda (one of the island's highest elevations).António Borges do Canto Moniz (Angra do Heroísmo, 1846-1949) was a writer, school teacher, and bureaucrat in the Azores. His other works include a biography of D. Catarina de Sena, the abbess of the Convento de São Gonçalo in Angra do Heroísmo, 1874.*** Canto, Bibliotheca açoriana 71. Canto, Inverntario 2867. Not in Innocêncio. Not located in NUC.