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[Cassowary]. Nouvelle-Hollande: Ile Descrès. Casoar de la N.elle
[Cassowary]. Nouvelle-Hollande: Ile Descrès. Casoar de la N.elle (Casuarines novæ Hollandiæ. Lath.)
C.A. Lesueur del. J. Milbert direx. F.res Lambert sculp.
De l'Imprimerie de Langlois. [Paris, 1807.]
Engraving, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 240 x 320mm (9½ x 12½"). Trimmed within plate, tape stains on edges. Very slight crease top right.
A family of cassowaries, drawn by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur for the official account of Nicolas Baudin's expedition to Australia. Leseuer was originally an assistant gunner on the expeditions, but took over artist and naturalist duties after a number of the expedition members left the ship due to illness at Mauritius.
[Ref: 39128]   £150.00   (£180.00 incl.VAT)
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