Lot 81
  • 81

Cuba

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description

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May, Bernardo. Plano pintoresco de la Habana con los numeros de las casas. [With:] Mapa Historico Pintoresco Moderno de la Isla de Cuba. Havana: Bernardo May & Co., 1853



2 folding lithographed tinted maps (each 18 1/4 x 22 1/2 or 24 in.; 464 x 570 or 610 mm), with 14+15 marginal black-and-white scenes of Cuban life and monuments; a few tiny fold-tears. Publisher's blind-stamped maroon cloth, gilt-stamped title on upper cover; some wear at extremities.

Provenance

P.J. Wheeler (pencilled purchase note dated "Havana, April 25, 1858" on front pastedown)

Condition

a few tiny fold-tears. Publisher's blind-stamped maroon cloth, gilt-stamped title on upper cover; some wear at extremities.
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Catalogue Note

A beautiful guide for the traveler to Cuba, with very decorative views of local life.