Being an account of the Madeira Islands at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, and from a new point of view by A. J. Drexel Biddle, FRGS, FGSA, FRMS, Member of the American Numismatic and Archeological Society, Member of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, Member of the Department of Archeology and Paleontology of the University of Pennsylvania, delegate by special appointment of the Associação Commercial of Funchal, Madeira, to the International Commercial Congress in Philadelphia, U. S. A., 1899. Vice-President for Madeira of the Advisory Board of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum. Author of “The Madeira Islands”, “The Birth of the Nation [etc]. Volume II [apenas o 2º volume desta obra] with thirty-eight full-page illustrations; a map of Madeira showing districts devoted wine-culture; and fac-similes of old bills of ladind, and treating of the natives, their characteristics, religion, laws, and customs; the commerce; the flora; the vine and the wine; and the fauna. George W. Jacobs & Cº Publishers. Philadelphia. 1901. De 22x16 cm. Com 300 pags. Encadernação do editor. Ilustrado em extra-texto com fotogravuras impressas sobre papel couché. Obra de grande qualidade gráfica impressa sobre pele creme de elevada espessura. Apenas o segundo volume desta obra sobre a Madeira.