23779 Berlin, nd c. 1838. Hand-coloured lithograph, 15.5 x 25.5 cms., wide margins, no flaws, VG. Original litho - not a reproduction. Lithograph from a painting by the d'Urville expedition's official artist on the Astrolabe. The voyage left from Toulon on 25 April 1826 to explore coasts and islands in the southern Pacific including stops in Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. The Astrolabe returned to Marseilles in February 1829 with an astonishing amount of new scientific knowledge. D'Urville's account was published in the early years of the 1830s, with the sumptuous atlas containing hand-coloured plates appearing in 1835. These reduced sized lithographs are from the first German edition. $150.00AUD
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