Cook’s Voyages & Australia.
Cook’s Voyages & Australia.-
A collection of copper engravings after John Webber from Cook’s account of his third expedition first published in vol. 3 of his ‘Voyage’, with illustrations of Australian natives, practices and ritual objects, local fauna, and Cook’s adventures, some light browning or marginal dust-soiling, minor spotting, some edges a bit frayed, W. & A. Strahan for G. Nicol, 1784-85; Bérnard (Robert) François Godefroy, and J.-J. Le Veau, a collection of copper engravings after Sydney Parkinson’s drawings made during Cook’s first voyage, some foxing, occasional light browning, Paris, [n.p.], c.1780; Lycett (Joseph) Views of Port Macquarie, the Wingeecarrabee River, Lake Patterson, and the Sugar Loaf Mountain, tipped-in on cardboard, hand-coloured copper engravings, minimal spotting, one with couple of minor creases, title label to lower margin, J. Souter, 1824-25; with other engravings depicting Australian animals and views, v.s. (quantity)
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Cook’s Voyages & Australia.-
A collection of copper engravings after John Webber from Cook’s account of his third expedition first published in vol. 3 of his ‘Voyage’, with illustrations of Australian natives, practices and ritual objects, local fauna, and Cook’s adventures, some light browning or marginal dust-soiling, minor spotting, some edges a bit frayed, W. & A. Strahan for G. Nicol, 1784-85; Bérnard (Robert) François Godefroy, and J.-J. Le Veau, a collection of copper engravings after Sydney Parkinson’s drawings made during Cook’s first voyage, some foxing, occasional light browning, Paris, [n.p.], c.1780; Lycett (Joseph) Views of Port Macquarie, the Wingeecarrabee River, Lake Patterson, and the Sugar Loaf Mountain, tipped-in on cardboard, hand-coloured copper engravings, minimal spotting, one with couple of minor creases, title label to lower margin, J. Souter, 1824-25; with other engravings depicting Australian animals and views, v.s. (quantity)