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Riscos - JULIÃO (Carlos) RISCOS Illuminados de Figurinhos de Brancos e Negros dos Uzos do Rio de Janeiro e Serro do Frio . Aguarelas por Carlos Julião; Introdução Histórica e Catálogo Descritivo por Lygia da Fonseca Fernandes da Cunha. Rio de Janeiro: Biblioteca Nacional, 1960. XVI pp., XLIII est.: il.; 480 mm. Reference edition reproducing, in facsimile, 43 18th-century watercolors by Carlos Julião, a Luso-Italian military engineer in the service of the Portuguese Crown, representing various ”types” of whites, mixed-race people, and blacks from Rio de Janeiro and the diamond-mining district of Serro do Frio – slaves and freedmen, street vendors, maids, artisans, miners, festive figures from brotherhoods, lords, and military personnel. Trained in drafting within the military engineering field, Julião traveled extensively throughout the empire, meticulously recording clothing, trades, and scenes of daily life; the collection published here constitutes today one of the fundamental iconographic sources for the study of slavery, material culture, and Luso-Brazilian colonial society. This volume was published by the National Library of Rio de Janeiro as a contribution to the commemorations of the fifth centenary of the death of Prince Henry the Navigator, with a historical introduction and descriptive catalog by Lygia da Fonseca Fernandes da Cunha. ! Please note that this translated text was generated by Google. !