London: Chapman & Hall, 1875. Original decorated cloth stamped in black and blind, spine in gilt, mint green endpapers. 210 pp.; with 68 wood-engraved plates and in-text illustrations. Borba de Moraes, I, p. 366 (for the first edition). Spine just a little darkened, with minor rubbing to front joint; page edges darkened; nearly fine, inner hinges not cracked, no owner names. "Joseph and Franz Keller, father and son, were German engineers in the service of Brazil who undertook several explorations into the interior of the country. Their remarkable reports appeared in official publications. In this book, Franz Keller narrates the most interesting of the expeditions... Illustrated with magnificent wood engravings." (Borba de Moraes). The engravings are after drawings by the author, who clearly was a gifted artist as well as an engineer. 1.5 kg parcel. ; Quarto