COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
May B. y Ca.
Author:
Storch & Kramer
Author:
Miahle, Pierre Toussaint Frederic
Date:
1855
Short Title:
Title Page: Album Pintoresco de la Isla de Cuba
Publisher:
B. May y Ca.
Publisher:
Storch & Kramer
Publisher Location:
Havana
Publisher Location:
Berlin
Publisher Location:
Havana
Publisher Location:
Berlin
Type:
Title Page
Obj Height cm:
24
Obj Width cm:
34
Note:
27 chromolithograph views and gold lithographed pictorial title page with two folded maps of Cuba and plan of Havana. Some views with Spanish and English title. The views include Havana and other areas of Cuba, general city views, historic sites, landmarks, street scenes of daily life and folk customs in rural villages, and urban views including people in period dress. Bound in red leather covers ornamented in gold, with title embossed on the front cover in gilt. Oilprinting Storch & Kramer for B. May y Ca., One of two pirated editions printed in Germany in the 1850's, views based on the work of French-born painter Pierre Toussaint Frederic Mialhe, who lived in Cuba from 1838-54. Mialhe was employed by the printing firm Real Sociedad Patriotica to compile a pictorial record of the island, in his Viaje Pintoresco al Rededor de la Isla de Cuba (Havana, 1847-1848). Date estimated. The two maps were also published separately, see our 5444.000 and 5445.000.
Full Title:
(Title Page to) Album Pintoresco de la Isla de Cuba. B. May y Ca. Oilprinting Storch & Kramer, Berlin.
List No:
11398.002
Series No:
2
Publication Author:
May B. y Ca.
Publication Author:
Storch & Kramer
Publication Author:
Miahle, Pierre Toussaint Frederic
Pub Date:
1855
Pub Title:
Album Pintoresco de la Isla de Cuba. B. May y Ca. Oilprinting Storch & Kramer, Berlin.
Pub Note:
27 chromolithograph views and gold lithographed pictorial title page with two folded maps of Cuba and plan of Havana. Some views with Spanish and English title. The views include Havana and other areas of Cuba, general city views, historic sites, landmarks, street scenes of daily life and folk customs in rural villages, and urban views including people in period dress. Bound in red leather covers ornamented in gold, with title embossed on the front cover in gilt. Oilprinting Storch & Kramer for B. May y Ca., One of two pirated editions printed in Germany in the 1850's, views based on the work of French-born painter Pierre Toussaint Frederic Mialhe, who lived in Cuba from 1838-54. Mialhe was employed by the printing firm Real Sociedad Patriotica to compile a pictorial record of the island, in his Viaje Pintoresco al Rededor de la Isla de Cuba (Havana, 1847-1848). Date estimated. The two maps were also published separately, see our 5444.000 and 5445.000.
Pub List No:
11398.000
Pub Type:
City Atlas
Pub Maps:
28
Pub Height cm:
25
Pub Width cm:
36
Image No:
11398002.jp2
Authors:
May B. y Ca.; Storch & Kramer; Miahle, Pierre Toussaint Frederic
Link To Source
Title Page: Album Pintoresco de la Isla de Cuba
