"Francisco de Assis Ramos de Azevedo, civil engineer and architect, built hundreds of government, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of São Paulo. Working on his own projects and on those of other architects, he defined the city's profile from the late 1870s-late 1920s. His funeral was comparable to that of a head of state. This detailed, well-illustrated work describes his life and projects and includes hundreds of his plans"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.