HARTMANN (Hippolyte). - CICÉRI (Eugène). Album martiniquais. Paris: Lemercier Printing Company, [1860]. - In-4 oblong, 301 x 442 : title, 12 plates. Publisher's black percaline boards, smooth spine in posterior black cloth, gilt edges (period binding). Famous and much sought-after album composed of 12 original lithographs in first edition by the painter and lithographer Eugène Cicéri (1813-1890), eleven of them after photographs by Hippolyte Hartmann (1818-1902) and one (n° 7) after a drawing by the painter Jean-Michel Cazabon (1813-1888). The prints are in black and white on a beige background. They represent for the majority of the views: - 1. view of the city of St Pierre, taken from the battery Ste Marthe. Martinique. - 2. view of the Bertin place taken from the Laroucerie quay. St Pierre, Martinique. - 3. view of the main street of the anchorage, taken from the Vivé balcony. St Pierre, Martinique. - 4. view of the river of the fort, taken from the bridge of Pierre. St Pierre, Martinique. - 5. view of the pleasure house, taken from the boulevard de la comédie. St Pierre, Martinique. - 6. View of the health house and the Pécoul house, taken from the boulevard de la comédie. St Pierre, Martinique. - 7. view of the waterfall of the garden of plants. St Pierre, Martinique. - 8) House of the Canonville sugar factory. Prêcheur, Martinique. - 9 Statue of the Empress Josephine. Fort de France, Martinique. - 10. view of the water tower or canal of Gueydon. Fort-de-France, Martinique. - 11) Madame River, view taken from the Bellevue ferry. Fort-de-France, Martinique. - 12. Palace of Justice. Fort-de-France, Martinique. Restored boards, spine rebacked in modern black cloth, renewed linings and endpapers. Occasionally heavy foxing.