[Brazil] Lindley, Thomas. Narrative of a Voyage to Brasil; terminating in the Seizure of a British Vessel, and the Imprisonment of the Author and the Ship's Crew by the Portugese ... A Description of the City and Provinces of St. Salavadore and Porto Seguro. J. Johnson, London, 1805. First edition. 8vo. xxxi, 298 pp. Later quarter cream paper over original boards, paper spine label. "The first description of Brazil by an Englishman in the nineteenth century" including "very picturesque details concerning the calamitous condition of the Bahian forts... the city, its monuments, the commerce, the intimate lives of its inhabitants, their behaviour, habits, etc." (de Moraes). Borba de Moraes 485; Sabin 41294.Condition: Minor wear. Lacking half title and errata leaf. Top portion of title page excised removing "Narrative". Foxing.Provenance: From the Library of the Godfather of Biodiversity, Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy.