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PIRON, Hippolyte.
L’ile de Cuba / Santiago – Puerto-Principe – Matanzas et la Havane / Par Hippolyte Piron / Ouvrage orne de gravures dessinees par L. Breton d’apres des photographies.
An unusual work, decorated with plates engraved on wood by L. Breton, from photographs, representing landscapes of the island and bust portraits of personalities et. The author deals with the various aspects of Cuban society, its ethnic mixture, its customs, Creole or Spanish, its resources, its justice, etc. He is astonished at the importance of the "color prejudice" and rebels at the cruelty of the French on the spot towards their slaves.
- Published
- Paris: E. Plon & Co., c. 1876.
- Plates
- 6
- Binding/Size
- Xs=12mo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Paris: E. Plon & Co., c. 1876.
- Ref
- 539
Cover Contemporary half cloth with marble boards, flat spine in five compartments of gilt bands and motifs, gilt title on two, edges marbled. Coloured endpapers. Illustrated. Complete with six hand-coloured views of Cuba and four portraits.12mo. Extremities worn, hinges cracked; otherwise, a fine copy, text, and plates are clean, together with six beautifully hand-coloured wood-cut scenic views of Cuba. Signature and date in ink and ex-libris on title leaf. Pagination P. (4), half-title, printer’s imprint, frontis, title, blank, dedication, blank, 1-319, blank, contents 321-325, list of plates, (4). Text in French. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontispiece. Vue de Santiago de Cuba. 2. Plantation de tabac. 3. Vue de Puerto-Principe. 4. Vue de Matanzas. 5. Vue de la Havane. 6. La Alameda da Paula.
