89 - [Canary Islands]. BARKER-WEBB, Ph. SABIN BERTHELOT.

[Canary Islands]. BARKER-WEBB, Ph. SABIN BERTHELOT. Natural History of the Canary Islands. Atlas. Paris, Béthune, 1838. Folio (51 x 34 cm), (2) leaves, 36 plates mounted on tabs, including a title frontispiece and a plate list. Contemporary blue half-basane, smooth spine (binding worn and rubbed; a large water stain on the first 8 ff.; slight traces of moisture thereafter; a few plates with browning, lateral water stain on a few views in the 2nd and 3rd series on a browned plate). Atlas only. Renowned for its views. Very fine black lithographs after William or Berthelot Large title page with an engraved vignette featuring the coat of arms Contains magnificent illustrated plates, maps, landscapes, and depictions of fauna, flora, and monuments (such as the famous dragon tree of La Orotava or the stratovolcano of Pico de Tenerife) It consists of a title page, a table of plates, a frontispiece depicting the Pico de Tenerife as seen from the Cañadas plateau, and 35 plates divided into three series. The first series, consisting of 15 plates, is devoted to descriptive geography, botanical geography, and the geology of the Canary Islands. It includes, in particular, general and topographic maps of Tenerife, Palma, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, and Fuerteventura; phytostatic profiles; planimetric diagrams; coastal views; two facsimiles of old maps; as well as geological views and cross-sections. The second and third series, comprising 9 and 11 plates respectively, are devoted to botanical geography: phytostatic views of the various vegetation regions of Tenerife and Palma, landscapes and vegetation formations, as well as depictions of the archipelago’s main characteristic species. In this copy, the frontispiece is bound after the third series, which is itself bound before the second. Gay, Bibliography of Works Relating to Africa..., 2937.