Antique Print of Inhabitants of Tonga Tabu, C.1836

€ 340

One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.

Date: 1836
Sheet size: 34.5 × 25.5 cm (13.6 × 10.0 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-07827

Condition

please study image carefully.

About this sheet

Antique print titled 'Tonga-Tabu'. Old print depicting various inhabitants of Tonga Tabu. This print originates from 'Entdeckungs, Reise der Franzosischen Corvette Astrolabe Unternomen auf Befehl Konig Karls X'. These are the German titled views originally issued in Dumont d'Urville 'Voyage Autor du Monde'.

Artists and engravers: engraved by K.J. Brodtmann after L.A. de Sainson.

Condition: good, please study image carefully.
Date: c.1836
Overall size: 25.5 x 34.5 cm.
Image size: 18 x 24 cm.

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