SPRINGETT, William Samuel Pitt].- Recollections of Madeira / by W. S. P. S.- London: published for the author, 1843.- 15, [1 br.] p.: [2], 18 litografias color. em 15 f.; 48 cm.- E. The author (1813-1860) married in 1841 Matilda Penford, who was probably born in Quinta da Achada, near Funchal (Madeira). The couple, who had 13 children, lived in Quinta do Faial, in Santa Maria Maior, also close to Funchal, owned by João José de Bettencourt e Freitas. The edition consists of a frontispiece and a page with the dedication (to Mrs. Go. Stoddart), both lithographed; followed by the preface (blank verso), and four pages with the “Introductory remarks”; the descriptions of the prints occupy the last eight preliminary pages (the last one is blank); the 18 hand-coloured lithographs were stamped on the last 15 sheets, based on drawings by the author. Some prints with the lower margin (next to the edge) a little fragile. Otherwise, a copy with very slight browning, but generally clean, keeping the colour of the prints very fresh, from one of the rarest and most beautiful illustrated books on Madeira. There are copies that are part of a list of subscribers following the preface, which the present one does not include. Binding with leather spine (remade), keeping the original folders in gauffered paper (gauffré), with engraving of the title on the upper cover. Duarte de Sousa, II, 684.