Paris: Firmin Didot Frères, 1849. 8vo. 160, 161, 158, 108 pages.
Complete with 28 engraved plates and a fold-out map.
Text is in French. Double column format.
Publisher's original green wrappers, ornately titled to front and spine.
Wrappers chipped, spine split in two places, otherwise in Very Good
condition internally with vivid illustrations.
// Tome 5, 1849 du série de soixante-dix volumes, un ouvrage de Bénédictins
publiés 1835-1863, 'Univers pittoresque. Histoire et description de tous
les peuples, de leurs religions, moeurs, coutumes, industries, &c.'
in-8vo, reliure d'éditeur originale, couverture d'origine, texte sur deux
colonnes. Extremités usagés, voire partiellement fendus, intérieur en bon état.
A thorough description of the West Indies, the US and Canada, including
slavery laws. With engravings of historic edifices, including penitentiaries
in New York, Virginia and Philadelphia, the US Capitol building in Washington DC, monuments and buildings in Montreal and Québec', and scenes from Havana Cuba.
Also with a folding map of the Caribbean.
In itself complete, this volume, published in 1849, is from a seventy-volume
French geographical and ethnographical journal published from 1835-1863.
All text is in French and this volume covers the following:
History of the West Indies and Colonies of the French,
Spanish, English, Danish and Swedish: Santo Domingo, Cuba and Puerto Rico,
Jamaica, Dominica, Antigua, Trinidad, Grenada, St. Kitts, Tobago, St. Lucia,
St. Vincent, Barbados, St. Thomas, St. Barthelemy, Guadeloupe, Martinique,
Marie Galante, Desirade.
History of the United States, from 1812
to the present. British possessions in North America, Canada, New Brunswick,
Nova Scotia, Acadia.
California, Oregon, and the Russian possessions in
America, Nootka Islands and Queen Charlotte.
Avec une carte des isles Antilles en 1844, et 28 gravures sur acier, ce volume comprend les parties suivantes:
Histoire des Antilles et des colonies françaises,
espagnoles, anglaises, danoises et suedoises: Saint-Domingue, Cuba et Porto-Rico,
la Jamaîque, la Dominique, Antigua, la Trinite, la Grenade, Saint-Christophe,
Tabago, Sainte-Lucie, Saint-Vincent, la Barbade, Saint-Thomas, Saint-Barthelemy,
la Guadeloupe, la Martinique, Marie Galande, la Desirade.
Suite des États-Unis, depuis 1812 jusqu'à nos jours.
Possessions anglaises dans l'Amérique du Nord, Canada, Nouvelle-Brunswick,
Nouvelle Écosse, l'Acadie.
Les Californies, l'Orégon, et les possessions russes en Amérique, les îles Noutka
et de la Reine Charlotte.
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