Captain Cook 3rd Voyage – 1785 – PAIR large engravings – Tahiti Human Sacrifice
Striking matched pair of large original engravings from the French atlas to Cook’s third voyage, depicting King Poulaho of Tonga and a human sacrifice observed in Tahiti. Date: 1785. The first engraving depictsKing Poulaho of Tonga ceremonially drinking kava, presenting one of the most recognisable royal portraits produced during Cook’s Pacific expeditions.
Captain Cook 3rd Voyage – 1785 – PAIR large engravings – Tahiti Human Sacrifice
Striking matched pair of large original engravings from the French atlas to Cook’s third voyage, depicting King Poulaho of Tonga and a human sacrifice observed in Tahiti. Date: 1785. The first engraving depictsKing Poulaho of Tonga ceremonially drinking kava, presenting one of the most recognisable royal portraits produced during Cook’s Pacific expeditions.
BOLOGNA Italy papal reforms – rare 1785 – att Angelelli – Pius IV – Vol 1 [of 2]
Author: [Attributed to] Giuseppe Malvezzi Angelelli. Although published anonymously, the work is generally attributed to Giuseppe Malvezzi Angelelli, Italian nobleman and political writer, on the basis of manuscript annotations found in other recorded copies.
BOLOGNA Italy papal reforms – rare 1785 – att Angelelli – Pius IV – Vol 1 [of 2]
Author: [Attributed to] Giuseppe Malvezzi Angelelli. Although published anonymously, the work is generally attributed to Giuseppe Malvezzi Angelelli, Italian nobleman and political writer, on the basis of manuscript annotations found in other recorded copies.
1785 Natural History General and Particular Count De Buffon Smellie illustrated
Natural History, General and Particular by the Count de Buffon.
1782 French Manuscript Debt Ledger La Rochette Noble Family
Late 18th-century French manuscript rent and debt ledger, apparently connected with the noble de La Rochette family of the Saint-Didier / Velay region. French manuscript account / rent ledger. Handwritten throughout in French.