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Jedburgh Abbey. This View is by Permission most humbly dedicated to J. Rutherford Esq.r of Egerston, by his obliged & obedient Servant, Will.m Wilson.
Drawn by W. Wilson. Engraved by F.C. Lewis.
London Published as the Act directs, Jan. 1. 1813, by W. Wilson, 53, Paddington Street, Baker Street.
Coloured aquatint, printed in blue and brown and hand finished. Sheet 505 x 630mm (19¾ x 24¾"), paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1817'. Trimmed within plate, notches in edges.
A view of the abbey from the side of Jed Water at Abbey Bridge.
[Ref: 59360] £320.00
Charte der Insel Otaheite Nach der Messng des Capit. Cook im Jahre 1769 und dessen Späteen Astronomischen Beobachtungen entworfen von Cptn. Will. Wilson.
Weimar: Im Verlage des Industrie Comptoirs.
Engraved map on india, rare. 285 x 380mm, 11¼ x 15". Ink library stamp (in Polish), unidentified blind stamp.
Map of Tahiti, based on Cook's mapping of the island in 1769 and Captain Wilson c.1796. Cook made his first circumnavigation in order to view the transit of Venus across the sun in 1769 from Tahiti. While the astromoners were working Cook mapped the island to keep himself active. Captain Wilson was the commander of the 'Duff', the London Missionary Society's ship that took the first missionaries to Tahiti. This map was published in the German edition of the account of their work, 'Beschreibung einer englischen Missions-Reise nach dem sudlichen stillen Ocean in den Jahren 1796, 1797 und 1798 im Schiffe Duff'.
[Ref: 25757] £260.00
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