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Roraima. A remarkable range of Sandstone Mountains in Guiana.
Drawn from the original Sketch by Charles Bentley. On Stone by George Barnard. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
London: Published by Ackermann & Co., 96 Strand, 3rd. Aug.t 1840.
Tinted lithograph with fine hand colour, Printed area 300 x 410mm (11¾ x 16¼")large margins. Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
The Pakaraima Mountains, include Mount Roraima, first described by the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh in 1595, shared between Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil. The original sketch was by James Morrison, draughtsman on a British Government expedition to survey Guiana and fix its eastern and western boundaries. The expedition was headed by Robert Hermann Schomburgk, who gave his name to the 'Schomburgk Line', the border between British Guiana and Venezuela. Abbey Travel 720; Borba de Moraes: ''This album is quite rare''.
[Ref: 48696] £380.00
Pirara and Lake Amucu. The Site of El Dorado.
Drawn from the original Sketch by Charles Bentley. On Stone by George Barnard.
London: Published by Ackermann & Co., 96 Strand, 3rd. Aug.t 1840.
Tinted lithograph with fine hand colour, Printed area 320 x 410mm (12½ x 16¼") large margins. Laid on card.
A native village on a plain below steep mountains, from 'Twelve views in the interior of Guiana: from drawings executed by Mr. Charles Bentley, after sketches during the expedition carried on in the years 1835 to 1839'. The original sketch was by James Morrison, draughtsman on a British Government expedition to survey Guiana and fix its eastern and western boundaries. The expedition was headed by Robert Hermann Schomburgk, who gave his name to the 'Schomburgk Line', the border between British Guiana and Venezuela. Abbey Travel 720; Borba de Moraes: ''This album is quite rare''.
[Ref: 48694] £320.00
Pure-Piapa. [A remarkable Basaltic Column in Guiana.]
Drawn from the Original Sketch by Charles Bentley. On Stone by P. Gauci.
[London: Ackermann and Co., 1841.]
Coloured lithograph with very fine colour. Sheet 345 x 450mm (13½ x 17¾"). Trimmed at bottom, losing part of title and publication line, top edge creased, margins soiled.
A pair of bowmen stalking savanna deer under Puré-Piapa, a fifty-foot natural basalt pillar, from 'Twelve views in the interior of Guiana: from drawings executed by Mr. Charles Bentley, after sketches during the expedition carried on in the years 1835 to 1839'. The original sketch was by James Morrison, draughtsman on a British Government expedition to survey Guiana and fix its eastern and western boundaries. The expedition has headed by Robert Hermann Schomburgk, who gave his name to the 'Schomburgk Line', the border between British Guiana and Venezuela. Borba de Moraes: ''This album is quite rare''.
[Ref: 43265] £380.00
Ataraipu or the Devil's Rock.
Drawn from the original Sketch by Charles Bentley. On Stone by Coke Smith. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
London: Published by Ackermann & Co., 96 Strand, 3rd. Aug.t 1840.
Tinted lithograph with fine hand colour, Printed area 320 x 410mm (12½ x 16¼") large margins. Laid on card.
A granite peak extending an estimated 550 feet above its base, in total 1,300 feet above sea level. The original sketch was by James Morrison, draughtsman on a British Government expedition to survey Guiana and fix its eastern and western boundaries. The expedition was headed by Robert Hermann Schomburgk, who gave his name to the 'Schomburgk Line', the border between British Guiana and Venezuela. Abbey Travel 720; Borba de Moraes: ''This album is quite rare''.
[Ref: 48695] £350.00
Pure-Piapa. A remarkable Basaltic Column in Guiana.
Drawn from the Original Sketch by Charles Bentley. On Stone by P. Gauci. Printed by P. Gauci.
[London: Ackermann and Co., 1840.]
Coloured lithograph with very fine colour. Sheet 345 x 450mm (13½ x 17¾"), with large margins. Trimmed at bottom, losing publication line, some foxing outside image.
A pair of bowmen stalking savanna deer under Puré-Piapa, a fifty-foot natural basalt pillar, from 'Twelve views in the interior of Guiana: from drawings executed by Mr. Charles Bentley, after sketches during the expedition carried on in the years 1835 to 1839'. The original sketch was by James Morrison, draughtsman on a British Government expedition to survey Guiana and fix its eastern and western boundaries. The expedition was headed by Robert Hermann Schomburgk, who gave his name to the 'Schomburgk Line', the border between British Guiana and Venezuela. Borba de Moraes: ''This album is quite rare''.
[Ref: 48693] £290.00
(£348.00 incl.VAT)
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