Captain Cook So. Pacific New Hebrides island landing scene 1800 engraved print
Brian DiMambro- Antiquarian Books, Maps & PrintsLanding op Het Eiland Erramanga, Een Van Nieuwe Hebride
(Captain Cook, New Hebrides, South Pacific, Indigenous Peoples)
Issued Amsterdam, c.1800 by Allart.
Lovely antique engraved Dutch view for a Voyages of Capt. Cook. Nice plate impression, rich atmospheric inking of the plate, wide original margins as issued, sheet never trimmed.
Minor light surface age wear and toning as typical, some faint minor foxing in the blank margins, some extraneous creasing along old fold-lines, short edge splits, overall the image is clean, well preserved and very attractive.
Original fold lines as issued.
Sheet measures c. 20" H x 10" W.
Engraved area measures c. 17 1/2" H x 8" W.
Folio.
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