Tombeau d'un Papou, sur l'île Masmapi. Tombeau du chef Kouranou à Dorey.
de Sainson pinx et lith.
J. Tastu Editeur. Lith. de Lemercier. [Paris, n.d. c.1833.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. 343 x 512mm. 13½ x 20". Paper toning.
The tombs of a Papuan and of Chief Kouranou, with representations of figures places on the tombs. Numbered 'Pl.131' upper right; from 'Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's important expedition to the South Seas between 1826 and 1829. Publisher's blindstamp below title. After Louis Auguste de Sainson (1801 - 1887).
Ex Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18855] £220.00
J. Tastu Editeur. Lith. de Lemercier. [Paris, n.d. c.1833.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. 343 x 512mm. 13½ x 20". Paper toning.
The tombs of a Papuan and of Chief Kouranou, with representations of figures places on the tombs. Numbered 'Pl.131' upper right; from 'Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's important expedition to the South Seas between 1826 and 1829. Publisher's blindstamp below title. After Louis Auguste de Sainson (1801 - 1887).
Ex Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18855] £220.00