Freaks of the Jagüey, from nature envelope title

by Charles D'Wolf Brownell

$850 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

Providence: the author , 1871. 4to envelope approx. 9½ x 7¾ containing 6 lithograph illustrations each present in 2 copies on 2 different types of paper , and accompanied by a sheet of letterpress approx. 6½ x 8¼ descriptive of the jagüey tree, known in Jamaica as 'The Scotchman hugging the Creole;' also as the 'Parricide-Tree.' It is a species of Banyan, or Indian Fig ... The accompanying sketches were taken on the

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