Lot 254* - A208 Books & Autographs - Wednesday, 20. March 2024, 02.00 PM
AMERIKA - Karibik -
Cazabon, Michel Jean und Eugène Cicéri.
Views of Trinidad. Mit lithogr. Titelblatt und 18 getönten lithogr. Tafeln von Cicéri nach Cazabon.
Paris, Lemercier, 1851. Quer-Folio (35,5 × 52,3 cm). Titel, Tafeln, [1] Bl. (list of subscribers). Halblederband d. Z. mit Deckelschild.
Abbey Travel II, 696 - MacLean, Cazabon (1986): "possibly the finest set of engravings that has ever been produced of the West Indies". - Das seltene Album, für das die Subskriptionsliste 149 Exemplare ausweist, zeigt: Port of Spain from the Harbour; King's Wharf and South Quay-Port of Spain; Custom House and St. Vincent's Wharf; Trinity Church, Port of Spain; Catholic Church, Port of Spain; Government Buildings; Maraval Dike; The Governor's Residence, St. Anns; Queen's Park, Port of Spain; San Fernando and Naparima Hill; St. James' Barracks; Bamboo Arches, St. Anns; Village of Arima and Mount Tamana; The Cottage, Mount Tamana; Cedar Point, Mount Tamana; Maraccas Waterfall; Cascade at St. Anns; North Coast of Trinidad, from the North Post. - Sehr gutes Exemplar.
CHF 7 000 / 10 000 | (€ 7 220 / 10 310)
Sold for CHF 15 000 (including buyer’s premium)
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