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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Collection of John & Marita McIntosh
• Sale Date:
  15 Oct 2013 ~ 6.30pm
• Lot #:
  18
• Lot Description:
  Webber, John
  "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.... The drawings are in the possession of the Board of Admiralty. London: Published by Boydell and Co., [1808]" Folio, title-page and 16 hand-coloured aquatint plates with 15 leaves of descriptive text (one describing two plates); bound in period-style half calf and marbled boards. The only colour plate book of Cook's Voyages.
  signed and dated 1841 lower middle
• Estimate:
  A$30,000 - 50,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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