West Indies.- Antigua.- Stobwasser (L., active c.1830s) Ansichten von Missions-Niederlassungen der evangelischen Bruder-Gemeinde, four views of Antigua [circa 1830-1835]

West Indies.- Antigua.- Stobwasser (L., active c.1830s) Ansichten von Missions-Niederlassungen der evangelischen Bruder-Gemeinde, four views of Antigua by Hurlimann and Hegi after Stobwasser, including 'Mission buildings at St. John's in the Spring Garden area', 'Grace Hill, from the northeast side', 'Grace Bay from the West side', and 'Cedar Hall from the northwest side', aquatint and etching with original hand-colouring on cream wove paper, excellent rich impressions, each sheet approx. 320 x 460 mm. (12 1/2 x 18 1/8 in), minor spotting and rough edges, in original green wrappers with engraved pictorial title to upper cover, oblong 4to, issued for the Evangelical Missionary Society, Birman et Fils, Basel, [circa 1830-1835]

⁂ Scarce. A particularly fine example of the suite commissioned by the Moravian Church, who intended using it as a way of promoting their work on the island.

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