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Views in the South Seas : from drawings by the late James Webber, draftsman on board the Resolution, Captain James Cooke, from the year 1776 to 1780 / with letter-press, descriptive of the various scenery, &c. These plates form a new series, and are of the same size as those engraved for Captain Cooke's last voyage.

Accession number
PML 146692
Creator
Webber, John, 1751-1793, author.
Published
London : Published by Boydell and Co., 1808.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
"Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland Row."
Illustrated with hand colored aquatints with soft ground etching by Webber, each plate accompanied by descriptive letterpress.
"... these views were originally published by Webber himself, without letterpress, between 1 August 1788 and 1 August 1792, etched and coloured by himself, and were reproduced in aquatint for the above book."--Abbey.
Library's copy is an early issue, with the text watermarked 1806 and the plates watermarked 1801.
Description
16 leaves, 16 leaves of plates : hand col. ill. (aquatint) ; 55 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Signature of former owner on t.p.: Thos. Grinfield Jany. 25th 1812.
Provenance
Signature of former owner; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
1/2 brown morocco.
Classification
Department