História ilustrada do Rio de Janeiro

The celebration of Rio de Janeiro’s fourth centennial has resulted in the production of many valuable books on this fascinating metropolis. Alexandre Wulfes’ História ilustrada do Rio de Janeiro represents a unique contribution to the history of the city’s development. This small paperback edition has an excellent collection of reproductions of paintings, lithographs, and photographs from the founding of the settlement in 1565 to the present with special emphasis on the growth of the city in the nineteenth century.