Scenery of the Windward & Leeward Islands

by Lieutenant John Herbert Caddy

$25,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

The album: 19th-century purple morocco, covers decoratively panelled in blind and gilt, expertly rebacked to style, purple silk endpapers. Provenance: E.P. initials in gilt on upper cover of album Very rare complete set of among the most desirable 19th-century colour aquatint views of West Indian landscape. John Herbert Caddy was born into a family of military engineers. His grandfather had been sent to Newfoundland in the 18th century to build a fort.

• Binding: Leather

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