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COMBE (William). A HISTORY of Madeira with a series of twentie-seven coloured engravings, illustrative of the costumes, manners, and occupations of the Inhabitants of that Island. 1821

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COMBE (William)

A HISTORY of Madeira with a series of twentie-seven coloured engravings, illustrative of the costumes, manners, and occupations of the Inhabitants of that Island. London: R. Ackermann, 1821.

VIII, 118 pp., 27 gravs.: il.; 275 mm. Bonito exemplar; encadernação inteira de chagrin, decorada a ouro nas pastas, lombadas e seixas em caixa também em pele; dourado por folhas à cabeça; limpo.

PRIMEIRA edição desta bonito livro sobre a ilha da Madeira, sua história, usos e costumes, ilustrado com 27 águas tintas e uma vinheta no frontispício das quais “vinte e seis das gravuras são deliciosas charges, e a última, já sem feição caricatural, representa a fortaleza do Ilhéu, o celebrado Loo Fort dos ingleses. O frontispício da obra tem uma vinheta que mostra uma vista do Funchal”. Vinte das gravuras vêm reproduzidas na História do Trajo popular em Portugal de Alberto de Sousa. As gravuras têm os seguintes títulos: West View of Lee Fort; Inside of a Cottage; Rural Occupations; Peasants going to Market; Manner of Cultivating the Ground; A Farmer & his Daughter going to Town; Rural Toil; Costume peculiar to some of the Western Inhabitants of the Island; Fishermen; Manner of bringing Wine to Town when clear; Manner of drawing Pipes &c. by means of the Sledge; An Accident upon the Road; A Piror of the Order of St. Francis, & a Lay Brother; A Franciscan Friar collecting Donations for his Convent; A Franciscan Father on a Journey; Priests in different Attire; Lay Sisters of the Order of the Lady of Mount Carmel; A Nun and her Attendant; A Lady & her Servant going to Church; Usual Manner of Travelling in Hammocks; Manner of Visiting among the Ladies at Funchal; Members of the Senate; Official Dress of the members of the Camera or Senate on the Death of the King and Accession of his Successor; An Officer & private of the Garrison of Funchal. Muito raro e estimado.

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