London. Baillière, H., 1848. Hand-coloured lithograph, 22.5 x 13.8 cm slight toning but in very good condition, preserved in a modern window mount. Fine Pacific image prepared for Dr James Cowles Prichard's "Natural History of Man". Prichard, a Quaker and physician, was a devotee of Johann Fredrich Blumenbach, adopting his..... More
(Paris). (Arthus Bertrand), ( 1826). Aquatint highlighted with original hand-colour, 32.3 x 23.4 cm on sheet 50 x 33.7 cm, paper toned with scattered marginal foxing, edges a little scuffed but in very good condition. Fine large engraving delicately coloured, prepared for the atlas to accompany the account of Duperrey's..... More
Paris. Gide, ( 1842). Lithograph, 39.1 x 29 cm (plate-mark including captions), publisher's blind stamp, two sealed marginal tears (not affecting the image), margins browned, in a modern window mount. Prepared as Plate no. 98 from the "Atlas pittoresque" to Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont D'Urville's "Voyage au pole sud et..... More
Paris. Gide, ( 1846). Lithograph, 39.1 x 27.9 cm (plate-mark including captions), publisher's blind stamp, three sealed marginal tears (not affecting the image), margins browned, small chip from the lower left corner, in a modern window mount. Prepared as Plate no. 117 from the "Atlas pittoresque" to Jules Sebastien Cesar..... More
(Paris.): (circa 1800). Engraving on watermarked laid paper, 45 x 30 cm edges spotted, four spots affecting the background of the image, but a very good dark impression. Beautifully composed image of a man of the Admiralty Islands, (now often referred to as Manus after the largest island), Papua New..... More
(Paris.): (circa 1800). Engraving on watermarked laid paper, 30 x 44.5 cm (plate-mark), sheet trimmed almost to the platemark, margins spotted, but a very good dark impression. Idyllically composed view of the Admiralty Islands, (now often referred to as Manus after the largest island), Papua New Guinea, prepared for the..... More
(Paris). J. Tastu. ( 1833). Tinted lithograph 49.5 x 32 cm (sheet size), sealed tear affecting the portrait captioned Mambeo, and a small sealed tear to the corner lower right, light horizontal crease at foot of image, very faint toning, but in good condition. Plate 128 from the "Atlas historique"..... More
(Paris). ( 1844). Hand coloured engraving heightened with gum arabic, 27.4 x 18.2 cm (sheet), slight toning to the paper and edge wear, but in very good condition. Fine plate of a New Zealand warrior from Souraki (now Coraki), prepared for Auguste Wahlen's great compilation of world costume "Moeurs, Usages..... More
(Paris). ( 1844). Hand coloured engraving heightened with gum arabic, 27.4 x 18.2 cm (sheet), slight toning to the paper and edge wear, but in very good condition. Fine plate of a hunter from Princess Marianne Strait, New Guinea, prepared for Auguste Wahlen's great compilation of world costume "Moeurs, Usages..... More