II-Tahiti-Otahiti Islands [J.S. KLAUBER after COOK, 1795]

No. II. Kaart van het Eiland Otahiti door Luit J. Cook.

Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Coat of arms with French Lily and letters WR..
Sheet size: 45,5 x 30 cm. Image size: 39,3 x 23 cm.

From a Dutch ed. of Captain Cook’s voyages: ‘Reize rondom de Waereld door James Cook […].’, 4to ed. published by Honcoop, Allart and van Cleef in Leyden, Amsterdam and The Hague, from 1795.

Made by J.S. Klauber after an anonymous artist. Joseph Sebastian Klauber (1710-1768) was a German miniaturist and engraver of mostly religious subjects from Augsburg. He was a pupil of Antoine Birckhaert in Prague.

Condition: Very good, given age. Original folds from binding. Left bottom margin remargined, missing from binding. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: II-TAHITI-OTAHITI ISLANDS

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