Aiguade de l'Astrolabe au Port du Roi Georges. (Nouvelle- Hollande.) by Dumont D'Urville, J. De Sainson - 1833

Paris, 1833. Two groups of Maoris, two men in feather coats with Moka faces; and a grouping of two men & two women, the men with Moka faces, one in a feather coat, the other in a fabric coat. Plate no. 41of: Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe. Atlas historique. Black and white lithograph; size 18 x 32.5 cm. Very good condition with some light foxing in the margins. Official blind stamp at base.

Paris, 1833. First edition. Black & white lithograph view of Maoris rowing a long boat with a French passenger, the Astrolabe and Cape in distance (Wangarei Harbour, Bay of Islands) 34.3 x 20.8 cms. Printed on gray tissue and applied to laid paper with wide margins and official blind stamp below the title. Some fox spotting in margin o/w very good condition. Plate 49 from the official report of the voyage. "Voyage de la Corvette L'Astrolabe..." Under the command of Jules Dumont D'Urville. New Zealand was a particular focus of the French expedition with 2 of the 5 volumes of the report dedicated to the discoveries there. It seems that this expedition was closely examining New Zealand as a possible French settlement by charting the coast as much as they did, a counter to Cook's surveys that made the British claim so strong.

Paris, 1833. First edition. Black & white lithograph view of Maoris launching a canoe while one paddles away, village to the side (Bay of Islands) 38.3 x 22 cms. Printed on laid paper with wide margins. Light general 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. New Zealand was a particular focus of the French expedition with 2 of the 5 volumes of the report dedicated to the discoveries there. It seems that this expedition was looking very hard at New Zealand as a possible French settlement by charting the coast as much as they did, a counter to Cook's surveys that made the British claim so strong.

Paris, 1835. First edition. Black & white lithograph view of the pa of Kahouwera (Bay of Islands) with a French man examining a clump of grass? 28.6 x 18.8 cms. with wide margins. Some light markings in margins o/w very good condition. Plate 52 from the official report of the voyage. "Voyage de la Corvette L'Astrolabe..." Under the comand of Jules Dumont D'Urville. New Zealand was a particular focus of the French expedition with 2 of the 5 volumes of the report dedicated to the discoveries there. It seems that this expedition was closely examining New Zealand as a possible French settlement by charting the coast as much as they did, a counter to Cook's surveys that made the British claim so strong.

Paris, 1833. First edition. Black & white lithograph view of Maoris gathering wood on shore, the Astrolabe in the distance (Bay of Islands) 34.3 x 20.8 cms. Printed on gray tissue and applied to laid paper with wide margins and official blind stamp below the title, light general foxing o/w very good condition. Plate 62 from the official report of the voyage. "Voyage de la Corvette L'Astrolabe..." Under the command of Jules Dumont D'Urville. New Zealand was a particular focus of the French expedition with 2 of the 5 volumes of the report dedicated to the discoveries there. It seems that this expedition was looking very hard at New Zealand as a possible French settlement by charting the coast as much as they did, a counter to Cook's surveys that made the British claim so strong.

Paris, 1833. First edition. Black & white lithograph view of three maoris on hill overlooking a village and bay in distance. (Bay of Islands) 39.5 x 22 cms. Printed on grey tissue and applied to laid paper with wide margins and official blind tooled stamp below the title. Some light markings in margin o/w very good condition. Plate 55 from the official report of the voyage. "Voyage de la Corvette L'Astrolabe..." Under the comand of Jules Dumont D'Urville. New Zealand was a particular focus of the French expedition with 2 of the 5 volumes of the report dedicated to the discoveries there. It seems that this expedition was closely examining New Zealand as a possible French settlement by charting the coast as much as they did, a counter to Cook's surveys that made the British claim so strong.

Paris, 1833. First edition. Very good condition. An interesting lithograph comparing aboriginal habitations in Albany, Western Australia, Jervis Bay and New Zealand, from the official report of the voyage, "Voyage de la Corvette L'Astrolabe..." under the command of Jules Dumont D'Urville. The voyage had a particular focus on the aborigines and ethnography they encountered. Plate 18, lithograph with tasteful later hand color, printed on laid paper with wide margins. 19 1/4 x 13 1/8" including captions. From 'Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe execute par ordre du roi, pendant les annees 1826-1827-1828-1829...'. Oval blind embossed seal, "Voyage de l'Astrolabe, Dumont D'Urville Commandant, J. T" at bottom edge.

hand-coloured lithograph. RARE. pl. 195 from Atlas Pittoresque de 'Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Oceanie l'Astrolabe et la Zelee.pendant les annees 1837.1840'. REFERENCE: Griffin, Books in the Lib. Congress, p. 115.

Paris, 1833. Two groups of Maoris, two men in feather coats with Moka faces; and a grouping of two men & two women, the men with Moka faces, one in a feather coat, the other in a fabric coat. Plate no. 41of: Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe. Atlas historique. Lithograph with period hand color, size 18 x 32.5 cm. Very good condition, official blind-stamp at base.

Paris, 1833. First edition. Very good condition. Lithograph view of Albany harbor in the south west of Western Australia. Plate 14, from the official report of the voyage, "Voyage de la Corvette L'Astrolabe..." under the command of Jules Dumont D'Urville. A pair of men stand onshore of the river with their boat, one wearing a green coat, one gold. Black swans are seen in the distance. The Astrolabe stayed in the Albany area for 18 days, assessing the Sound's suitability as a port and thought it would be a good place to establish a colony, and Dumont D'Urville was surprised that the British had not already done so. Printed on laid paper with wide margins. 11 5/8 x 9 3/8" including rule lines and captions. Later tasteful hand color. Sml. closed tear in bottom margin, easily mounted out. Faint sunned line a half inch around the image and caption.