Benito VINES
Apuntes relativos a los huracanes de las Antillas en setiembre y octubre de 1875 y 76. Discurso leido en la Real Academia de ciencias médicas, fisicas y naturales de La Habana
Tipographia y Papeleria El Iris|Havana 1877|16.5 x 23 cm|Relié
Rare first edition, illustrated with a folding map bound at the end of the volume (cf. Backer & Sommervogel VIII, 827).
Only one copy recorded in the CCF (BnF).
Contemporary full black shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands adorned with blind-ruled fillets, minor rubbing to spine, covers framed with double and single blind fillets with corner volutes, some rubbing to covers, bumped corners, sprinkled edges.
Father Benito Viñes [Poboleda (Tarragona) 1837 – Havana 1893] arrived in Havana in 1870, where he was appointed director of the magnetic and meteorological observatory, a position he held until his death. His studies on Caribbean hurricanes remain authoritative works in the field.
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