CAZABON, Michel Jean (1813-1888) and CICÉRI, Eugène (1813-1890). Views of Trinidad. Paris: Lemercier, 1851.
The first edition of “possibly the finest set of engravings that has ever been produced of the West Indes” (Maclean). Born in Trinidad, Cazabon studied in Europe before setting up his studio in Port of Spain in 1848. “Quick to see the need for pictures of Trinidad to illustrate its landscape and architecture to the families and friends of English and French settlers, [Cazabon] ... decided to publish a folio of lithographs and invited subscriptions.” The present album was published in 1851, with lithographs by Eugène Cicéri after Cazabon’s drawings. 149 copies were subscribed. Abbey Travel II, 696; MacLean, Cazabon: an Illustrated Biography, 1986.
Oblong folio (287 x 402mm). Lithographic title, 18 tinted lithographs interleaved with tissue guards, list of subscribers (spotting, occasionally affecting plates; faint dampstain to final leaves). Contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards (light wear to edges, spine chipped).
CAZABON, Michel Jean (1813-1888) and CICÉRI, Eugène (1813-1890). Views of Trinidad. Paris: Lemercier, 1851.
The first edition of “possibly the finest set of engravings that has ever been produced of the West Indes” (Maclean). Born in Trinidad, Cazabon studied in Europe before setting up his studio in Port of Spain in 1848. “Quick to see the need for pictures of Trinidad to illustrate its landscape and architecture to the families and friends of English and French settlers, [Cazabon] ... decided to publish a folio of lithographs and invited subscriptions.” The present album was published in 1851, with lithographs by Eugène Cicéri after Cazabon’s drawings. 149 copies were subscribed. Abbey Travel II, 696; MacLean, Cazabon: an Illustrated Biography, 1986.
Oblong folio (287 x 402mm). Lithographic title, 18 tinted lithographs interleaved with tissue guards, list of subscribers (spotting, occasionally affecting plates; faint dampstain to final leaves). Contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards (light wear to edges, spine chipped).
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