Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - PAIR OF ORIGINAL 18TH CENTURY ENGRAVINGS ILLUSTRATING COOK'S THIRD VOYAGE -CAPTAIN COOK'S THIRD VOYAGE (his third and final expedition, between 1776-1780, which resulted in his death in Hawaii in 1779).'Un homme [Une femme... ] de la terre de Van-Niemen' :- two original ethnographic portrait engravings from 'Cartes et figures du troisième voyage de Cook', the atlas volume to the first French edition of the account of the third voyage [1776-1780], published in 1785. Pair of original copper engravings. Engraved by Bénard after pictures by John Webber, official artist on Cook's third voyage. Captioned in French at foot. From 'Cartes et figures du troisième voyage de Cook', the atlas volume to the first French edition of the account of Cook's third voyage [(Paris): Hôtel de Thou, 1785]. Size: (sheets) each approx. 26cm x 19.75cm.Very Good condition. Nicely preserved examples. Small pale spot of foxing to sky area of one engraving. Light age-toning to left blank margin where previously attached to binding stub. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images.An excellent pair of engraved ethnographic portraits from the first French edition of Cook's third voyage, showing a man and a woman from Van-Diemen's Land [Tasmania]. key words:
Price: 135 GBP
Location: Ascot
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Non-Fiction Subject: Travel Guides & Travel Stories
Year Printed: 1785
Country/Region of Manufacture: France
Binding: Loose Pages, Articles
Original/Reproduction: Original
Region: Australia, Oceania
Illustrator: Bénard after John Webber
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: French
Publisher: Hôtel de Thou
Place of Publication: Paris
Special Attributes: Illustrated
