DE SAINSON. D’URVILLE [3 lithographs]
Vue De Kahouwera. Village fortife a la baie des iles. Nouvelle Zelande
Paris, 1833. First edition. Black & white lithograph view of French sailors collecting what looks like cabbages on a hill in the Bay of Islands. 343 X 510mm [sheet size]. Plate no. 51, sprinkle of light foxing in margins o/w very good condition. Plate 38 from the official report of the voyage. "Voyage de la Corvette L'Astrolabe..." Under the command of Jules Dumont d'Urville. Unframed & unmounted.
2. Vue Du Cap Wangari. Nouvelle Zelande
Paris, Date: 1833. First edition. Black & white lithograph view of Māoris rowing a long boat with a French passenger, the Astrolabe in distance (Wangarei Harbour, Bay of Islands) 340 x 515mm. Light foxing mainly in margins. Plate 49 from the official report of the voyage. "Voyage de la Corvette L'Astrolabe..." Under the command of Jules Dumont D'Urville. Mounted.
Both lithographs with the official blind stamp.
3. Baie Houa. Houa/Naturels executant une danse abord de L'Astrolabe. Nouvelle Zelande. Paris: Tastu 1833. Black & white lithograph view of Māori men and women on board the Astrolabe performing a haka with a French officer at right, in 1827. The scene was recorded in Tolaga Bay in the Gisborne Region. 360 x 530 mm [sheet size]. Plate no. 48, from the official report of the voyage. "Voyage de la Corvette L'Astrolabe...". Some foxing.

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